Commercial

Co-op Bank appoints SME relationship manager

The Co-operative Bank has announced that Sarah Barker has joined its SME banking operation. She...

Over one-third of brokers expect 2020 rate cut

39% of Brokers expect a Bank of England Base Rate cut by the end...

New short-term lender launches

Atelier Capital Partners has launched into the short-term lending and development finance market with...

First 4 Bridging appoints North West BDM

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the appointment of Simon Bancroft as business development manager...

Paragon provides £25m funding to Nucleus Commercial Finance

Nucleus Commercial Finance and Paragon Bank have announced a £25 million funding line to...

MBO at Signature Private Finance

Signature Private Finance's CEO Tony Gilbertson and his senior management team, have completed a...

Primis refreshes packager panel

Primis Mortgage Network has announced a refresh to its packager panel for immediate delivery...

IGF in position for strong end to financial year

Commercial finance provider Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has reported that seven new clients signed in...

Bridging Link joins FIBA

Specialist finance trade body, Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), has announced the appointment...

Bridging Finance Solutions backs first-time developer in Wirral

Bridging Finance Solutions has supported a small, first time developer with its latest deal. The...

Affirmative steps in to save deal

Bridging and development lender Affirmative has helped a borrower secure time-sensitive funding following the...

UK SMEs lack supply chain disruption plans

Research carried out by Aldermore has found that one in 10 SMEs believe they...

Record year for Praetura Asset Finance

Asset finance funder Praetura Asset Finance has recorded its most successful year ever. 2019 saw...

Octane Capital cuts rates in reaction to election result

Octane Capital has reduced its risk rating given the improved outlook for the UK...
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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Councils to gain earlier powers over long-term empty homes

Councils will be able to intervene when homes have stood empty for six months...
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Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...
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Low-deposit mortgage lending climbs 38% to £24.7bn

Mortgage lending at loan-to-value ratios above 90% rose sharply over the past year as...
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Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

The proportion of protection policies being placed in trust has risen substantially over the...

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