Commercial

Bibby funds £3m MBO in Yorkshire

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided £3m in funding to support the management team...

BFS backs new audiophile speaker manufacturer

Bibby Financial Services has provided an £850,000 funding facility to FYNE AUDIO, a new...

Barclays takes stake in MarketInvoice

Barclays is partnering with online invoice financing platform MarketInvoice. The bank has committed to a...

IGF appoints asset based lending director

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has announced the appointment of Neil Kindness as asset based...

Foresight ups investment in Reward Finance to £50m

Reward Finance Group has secured an additional £10m investment from Foresight Group LLP, to...

Reducing red tape key to regenerating SME house building sector

A United Trust Bank poll of brokers working in development finance has revealed the...

Clever Lending and Your Expert Group adopt OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been selected by Clever Lending and Your Expert Group. Clever...

£8bn threat to commercial property owners

Commercial property owners could be hit for more than £8.6 billion if they fail...

Investec Asset Finance makes sales appointment

Investec Asset Finance (IAF) has appointed David Lavin to its broker introduced sales team. The...

FCA begins crowdfunding consultation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to change to the rules for crowdfunding...

Arbuthnot Commercial funds Pyroban growth 

Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has reveal details of its latest deal with Pyroban, an international...

Paragon’s mortgage lending up 7%

Paragon has published its third quarter trading update. It shows a 7% increase in total...

Q2 rise in demand for bridging finance

Bridging lender MTF's latest Broker Sentiment Survey has found that property investors are increasingly turning to...

Positive Commercial Finance see 300% growth in first half of 2018

Specialist commercial finance broker Positive Commercial Finance has reported its best ever set of...

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...

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The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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