Commercial

Metro Bank appoints commercial banking director

Metro Bank has announced the appointment of Jamie Sim as a commercial banking director...

Lending restrictions top challenge for commercial brokers

While commercial mortgage brokers surveyed by Shawbrook Bank cite Brexit as one of the...

Record year for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported a record 2017, issuing terms of £2.45bn, a...

Majority of brokers dismiss economic growth forecast

Despite the challenges presented by Brexit uncertainty, a downgrading of UK economic growth and...

Asset finance market set to break new business record

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that asset finance new business (primarily...

Aldermore increases property development loan limit

Aldermore Bank has raised its maximum property development loan size from £10 million to...

Black Book Finance expands commercial finance team

Black Book Finance has appointed Darren Peiris to the position of commercial finance executive.  Peiris...

Bibby Financial Services appoints specialist director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Kash Ahmad as UK specialist director as it...

Aldermore finances cladding manufacturer

Aldermore has agreed a new finance facility with Architectural Profiles Limited (APL), a designer...

SME bosses optimistic about funding outlook

75% of of SMEs, representing 4.13 million small and medium sized businesses across the...

LendInvest’s lending up 33% year-on-year

LendInvest lent £500 million to help professional property investors, developers and landlords buy, build or...

New CEO for Folk2Folk

Folk2Folk, the platform for local and rural business, has announced the appointment of Giles...

Correlation between GDP rise and invoice finance growth

The balance of 'pure' invoice finance has grown from £18.6 billion at the end...

Construction expected to drive asset finance growth in 2018

39% of intermediaries operating in the asset finance sector believe demand for asset finance...

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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