Commercial

Shawbrook completes first deal with E-AIP

Shawbrook Commercial has announced its first completion generated via E-AIP. The deal was made with...

LendInvest offering bubbly opportunity at NACFB Expo

LendInvest is offering brokers attending the NACFB’s Commercial Finance Expo the chance to win...

Asset finance sector continues to grow

Asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 2% in April,...

Together helps Crystal client let down by another lender

Together and Crystal Specialist Finance joined forces to assist a client with a buy-to-let...

UK a hotbed for ‘microbusinesses’

There are 2.17 million microbusinesses with fewer than nine employees across the UK, Direct Line...

Shawbrook revises commercial offering

Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages division has made changes to its commercial and semi-commercial product range for...

39% of small businesses look to invest in IT

A new survey commissioned by asset finance and leasing specialist Norton Folgate has revealed...

SMEs worried about their prospects over next 12 months

SMEs in the UK are deeply concerned about the outlook for the economy, according...

P2P platform appoints former Aldermore heavyweight

Peer-to-peer lending platform CrowdProperty.com has announced the appointment of Mark Stephens as non-executive director....

Shawbrook changes short-term loan criteria

Shawbrook Bank has made four tweaks to its criteria for short-term loans (STL) following...

Key hires for OneSavings Bank brands

OneSavings Bank has made a series of new appointments across its Kent Reliance, InterBay...

IGF ABL funds £1.5m management buy-out

IGF Asset Based Lending (ABL) has facilitated the management buy-out (MBO) for Testing Solutions...

BFS appoints UK risk director

Bibby Financial Services has appointed Ray Lowrey as UK risk director. First joining the business funder...

Committee questions further P2P regulation

Andrew Tyrie MP, chairman of the parliamentary Treasury Committee, has written to Tracey McDermott,...

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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