Commercial

Short-term lender funds boutique B&B

Signature Private Finance is supporting a multi-million-pound restoration of Lanelay Hall in Pontyclun. The Victorian mansion...

United Trust Bank selects first ‘charity of the year’

United Trust Bank (UTB) staff have chosen national mental health charity Mind to be...

Tackling the construction skills shortage is only the first step

It’s no secret that there is a skills shortage in the construction sector. It...

Together makes senior management appointments

Together has announced that John Lowe will be joining its senior management team and...

Together increases funding by £150m

Together has announced a further increase in its funding, with the issuance of £150m...

Aldermore hires head of business development

Aldermore has expanded its asset finance lending team with the appointment of Nick Dudley...

Investec rebrands Amicus Commercial Finance

Investec Bank has rebranded Amicus Commercial Finance as Investec Capital Solutions, which will provide...

InterBay Commercial revamps product offering

InterBay Commercial has announced rate changes across the majority of its long term loan...

Group finance director to leave Close Brothers

Jonathan Howell is to leave Close Brothers Group after 10 years as group finance...

Stephen Johnson leaves Shawbrook

Stephen Johnson has relinquished his roles as Deputy CEO, executive director of the Shawbrook...

Record year for asset finance provider

Praetura Asset Finance has reported record growth in 2017, with a 9% rise in...

BFS announces SME measures in wake of Carillion collapse

Specialist SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced  measures to support construction sector...

Nearly half of London new homes aren’t built

46% of new homes given planning permission in the capital are not being built,...

LendInvest to fund its largest development project to date

LendInvest is to be the exclusive development finance lender on the first phase of...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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