Commercial

Santander pulls out of Williams & Glyn deal

Santander's deal to buy hundreds of branches from the Royal Bank of Scotland has fallen through. The bank had...

BFS offers 100% initial commercial pre-payment

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has launched 100% initial pre-payment (IP) for commercial businesses. Dave Golding,...

Fleet appoints new BDM

Fleet Mortgages has announced the appointment of a new business development manager (BDM) covering the...

New BDMs for United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has announced the appointment of two new asset finance business development managers...

Appointments at United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has made two appointments in its specialised mortgages division. Robert Owen, currently...

Together partners with TBMC for auction and bridging finance

Specialist lender Together has announced its partnership with buy-to-let and commercial mortgage broker TBMC. Together...

Record results for Together

Together has posted record pre-tax profits £90.3m for the year ending 30 June 2016, an...

LendInvest unveils Property Development Academy

LendInvest has launched the LendInvest Property Development Academy, a new initiative designed to teach aspiring...

Keystone hires southern business manager

Keystone Property Finance has expanded its business development team with the appointment of Moises...

Government urged to help SME developers

LendInvest has called on the government to do more overcome the challenges and obstacles facing property...

New high for SME lending

Small business lending hit an all-time high over the past 12 months, according to...

Network expands headquarters

Connect for Intermediaries has expanded into second floor premises at its headquarters in Hornchurch,...

Fall in construction output

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that in July 2016, output in...

Co-op Insurance selects commercial partner

Co-op Insurance has chosen to introduce commercial insurance business to Lloyd’s insurance broker, Miles...

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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