Commercial

SMEs increasingly reluctant to borrow due to Brexit

New research from Nucleus Commercial Finance has found that UK SMEs have held back...

Fiduciam signs Women in Finance Charter

Short to medium term lender Fiduciam has just been accepted by HM Treasury as...

FIBA launches video interviews

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced the launch of FIBA TV...

Unprepared contractors could be hit by VAT changes

Oblix Capital has warned that major VAT changes are coming to the construction industry,...

New hires for Brightstar as business continues to grow

Brightstar Group has strengthened its buy-to-let division with the arrival of James Oakley. It has...

Shawbrook completes £1.94m commercial refinance

Following its recently revamped commercial investment mortgage offering, Shawbrook Bank has helped an existing...

Together expands London and the South teams

Together has widened its distribution network with two new hires. Marylen Edwards is its new...

Office move for VIBE Finance following new appointments

VIBE Finance has moved to new office premises after taking on two case managers. The...

Octopus provides refurbishment loan for residential conversion

Octopus Real Estate is to provide existing borrower Lawrence Road Developments Ltd with a...

IGF client funds in use hit £100 million

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has achieved £100 million client funds in use through funding UK...

Glenhawk appoints chief operating officer

Glenhawk has announced that former Morgan Stanley head of residential mortgage trading, Steven Khan,...

Simply secures £60m financing package

Asset finance provider Simply has received a £60m warehouse facility from Citi.  This arrangement will...

Asset finance market up by 6% in May

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) for deals of up to...

Aldermore appoints interim business finance managing director

Aldermore has appointed Tim Boag as interim business finance managing director with overall responsibility...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

Coventry for intermediaries cuts fixed rates across residential and buy-to-let range

Coventry for intermediaries has cut rates across its fixed mortgage range, with reductions available...

Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

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