Commercial

The Money Group unveils new specialist lending brand

The Money Group has established a new brand, Specialist Money Limited. Jeff List has been appointed...

One Stop Business Finance appoints operations and risk director

Yorkshire-based SME alternative funding specialist, One Stop Business Finance, has appointed John Brown as...

Brexit affecting SMEs’ ability to deal with cashflow

44% of the UK’s SMEs, equating to 2.5m businesses, are struggling with cashflow as...

Reward Finance Group funds luxury furniture firm’s growth

Akula Living, which provides outdoor furniture to luxury hotels, cruise ships and hospitality venues,...

New specialist finance hires at White Oak UK

White Oak UK has announced a number of new hires to its specialist finance...

Brightstar launches education initiative

Brightstar Financial has introduced an education programme for brokers. The distributor will, over the coming...

Paragon’s new lending up 20% year-on-year

Paragon Banking Group has reported £1.90 billion of new lending across all business lines...

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...

COMMENT

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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Phoebus completes latest SOC 2 Type II assessment

Phoebus Software has renewed its SOC 2 Type II attestation after KPMG assessed the...

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...

Stonebridge reports sharp rise in protection policies placed in trust

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

Countrywide Surveying adds 35 newly qualified surveyors in 2026

Countrywide Surveying Services has added 35 newly qualified surveyors to its workforce so far...

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