Commercial

“Stark warning” for commercial real estate industry

Research carried out by Arbnco has found that a third of commercial real estate...

Boardroom changes at Close Brothers

Close Brothers has announced that Mike Biggs has been appointed an independent non-executive director and...

SME demand for asset finance expected to rise

A recent poll of finance brokers involved in asset finance has found that most of them...

Lack of appropriate funding frustrates one million SMEs

Aldermore's Future Attitudes report has found that 19% of all small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...

Latest commercial ‘Spring Fling’ update from Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank’s Commercial Mortgages team has released the latest update in its 'Spring Fling'...

Budget 2017: business rates revaluation

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a few measures aimed to help some firms...

Octopus Property cuts refurb loan rate

Octopus Property has reduced rates on its refurbishment loan. The revised product will still offer clients...

Takeover bid for Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has confirmed that it has received a takeover bid for the business...

Octopus in four-day turnaround on large commercial bridge

Octopus Property has completed an urgent commercial bridging loan to fund the acquisition of a £24m...

Trio of appointments for Goldentree

Goldentree Financial Services has announced three appointments. Scott Hannah moves to a business development manager...

Shawbrook Commercial introduces March cost-savings

Shawbrook Commercial Mortgages has revealed plans for a range of cost-saving initiatives for brokers’ clients...

Record year of profits for Aldermore

Aldermore has reported that underlying profit before tax increased by 34% year-on-year in 2016...

DM Hall appoints East of Scotland head of agency

Scottish chartered surveying firm DM Hall has appointed a senior commercial professional to its East Coast-based...

BFS opens new Wales office

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is opening a new office in Wales. The SME funder supports more...

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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