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Brickflow adds VAT bridging loans to platform through BloomSmith partnership

Brickflow has partnered with BloomSmith to offer VAT bridging loans for commercial property purchases,...

LHV Bank passes £500m loan book milestone as assets top £1bn

LHV Bank has surpassed £500m in its active loan book and crossed £1bn in...

AS Financial rebrands to showcase growth beyond mortgages

AS Financial, the London-based financial advisory firm, has unveiled a bold new brand identity...

Reward Funding passes lending milestone

Reward Funding has passed the £350m loan book milestone for the first time in...

Broka joins NACFB as official partner

Broka, the sourcing platform for bridging and development finance, has joined the National Association...

UTB funds specialist mapping system with £252k facility

United Trust Bank (UTB) has provided £252,000 in asset finance to enable a geospatial...

OSB sees profit slide despite loan growth and new platform launch

OneSavings Bank (OSB Group) reported a fall in profits for the first half of...

Word On The Street appoints first broker

Word On The Street, the specialist property finance brokerage, has appointed Ben Hartley as...

SMEs unprepared for net zero rules as 2026 reporting deadline approaches

Most small and medium-sized businesses remain unprepared for new sustainability reporting standards, with just...

Skipton Business Finance confirms permanent COO appointment

Skipton Business Finance has confirmed the permanent appointment of Michelle Wilson as its chief...

UTB promotes Masters to associate director role

United Trust Bank has promoted David Masters to the newly created role of associate...

FOLK2FOLK expands national team with relationship manager hire 

FOLK2FOLK has strengthened its national lending team with the appointment of Tracey Gott as...

British Business Bank agrees £300m Close Brothers deal to boost SME asset finance

The British Business Bank has agreed a transaction of up to £300m with Close...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust...

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The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

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Mortgage industry rallies behind Christmas charity concert

Momentum is building fast behind this year’s Christmas charity concert in aid of EveryYouth...

First-time buyers put at the heart of Treasury mortgage talks

The government will urge lenders to put first-time buyers at the top of their...

Target urges lenders to treat mortgage servicing as a strategic asset

Target Group has called on mortgage lenders to rethink their approach to servicing, arguing...

Heron Financial launches AI training cohort and ethics committee

Heron Financial has launched an artificial intelligence training programme for staff alongside the creation...