Commercial

Brokers more optimistic than their customers

36% of brokers working in property and asset finance believe that the majority of...

Shawbrook welcomes new strategic broker partner

Hive Financial has become the latest Strategic Broker Partner for Shawbrook Bank. The firm is a...

Positive Commercial Finance celebrates tenth birthday

Specialist commercial finance broker Positive Commercial Finance is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its...

BFS launches <£1m development finance product

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has launched a bespoke product catering for loans at a...

Together provides £550k loan in five days

Together has completed a £550,000 short-term loan in five working days after a property...

Thistle Finance teams up with LendInvest to rescue developer

Edinburgh-based packager Thistle Finance has arranged a last minute £1.3m development exit finance loan through...

New Strategic Partner for Shawbrook Bank

Brooklands Commercial Finance has become a Strategic Partner of Shawbrook Bank. It has been a commercial...

Brokers think government not in control of Brexit

Only 10% brokers think that the UK government is in control of the Brexit...

BFS expands South West and Wales team

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has made seven new appointments as part of its growth...

BUDGET 2017: VAT threshold frozen

The VAT threshold was kept at £85,000 in today’s Autumn Budget. The chancellor told...

SME bosses fear lack of Budget backing

68% of bosses in small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), representing 3.74 million firms...

Trio joins UTB’s development finance team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made three senior appointments to its development finance division. Paul...

Ensure you broaden your revenue base

There’s a huge amount of excitement in the broker community at present — and...

Poor take-up of asset finance in UK

New research from Cambridge & Counties Bank reveals that just 11% only business owners describe...

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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