Commercial

Martin Gilsenan joins Iron Bridge Finance board

Iron Bridge Finance has announced the immediate appointment of Martin Gilsenan to its main...

Together appoints head of corporate relationships

Andrew Charnley has been appointed by Together to the newly created role of head...

Sirius Property Finance moves into larger office space

Bespoke brokerage and specialist debt advisory service Sirius Property Finance has moved to larger...

Boutique property developer secures £4.7m Shawbrook facility

Shawbrook Bank has provided boutique property development company NestEast with a £4.7m development finance...

Aldermore introduces Dealer Portal for asset finance dealers

Aldermore has bolstered its asset finance offering with the launch of a new online...

Together’s loan book tops £3bn

Together has reported pre-tax profits of £30.4m and cash receipts of £414.7m for the quarter to...

BFS appoints global HR director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Paul Lomas as its global HR director. He is...

United Trust Bank hires 200th member of staff

United Trust Bank has appointed Daniel Idowu to the position of support officer in...

InterBay onsite underwriter appointed at Complete FS

Complete FS has revealed that an onsite underwriter from commercial lending specialist lender, Interbay,...

Aldermore reaches £1bn wholesale lending milestone

Aldermore has delivered over £1bn worth of wholesale & structured funding since launching the...

Cabot Square Capital takes majority stake in MSP Capital

Cabot Square Capital has acquired a majority stake in MSP Capital, a specialist provider...

Signature Private Finance creates sales director role

Short-term property finance firm Signature Private Finance has appointed Jon Preston as its first...

New regional sales director for Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has appointed John Copping as its regional sales director...

£1m funding line for outdoor media advertiser

Open Outdoor Media (OPEN) has secured asset finance and invoice finance facilities worth £1...

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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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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