Commercial

Shawbrook announces departure of chief executive

The board of Shawbrook has announced that Steve Pateman is to step down from...

Masthaven joins TMA Club’s lender panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of Masthaven to its lender panel. This arrangement...

Invoice finance continues to set new records

New figures released by UK Finance show that the balance of pure invoice finance...

InterBay partners with Intrinsic

InterBay Commercial has launched a new network partnership with Intrinsic Financial Services as part of...

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands specialist lender panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added specialist lender InterBay Commercial to its panel.  Its members now have...

Oblix Capital hires pair of BDMs

Oblix Capital has announced two BDM appointments to cover London and the South.   Both...

Together hires new lending director

Robert Goodall is joining Together as its new lending director will be based at...

Record quarter for Mantra Capital

Boutique commercial finance consultancy Mantra Capital has reported that March was its biggest ever month for...

Government urged to improve access to finance for property SMEs

LendInvest is calling on the UK government to forge better partnerships with the alternative...

Aldermore funds £6m commercial property development facility

Acre Invest has agreed a £6.27m funding package with Aldermore, to build a large...

UK company bad debt up by £580m

Debt owed to UK businesses across the core 11 sectors was £580m higher in...

ArchOver launches R&D funding bridge

Peer to peer business lending platform ArchOver is helping businesses to bridge the funding gap...

Landlords seeking to diversify in hunt for better yields

51% of brokers in the UK have been approached by landlords looking to diversify...

Invoice finance and asset-based lending up 5%

UK Finance has reported that invoice finance and asset-based lending stood at £23.4 billion...
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COMMENT

networks

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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Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

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

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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