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Development Finance sponsors rising golf star

Glasgow based Development Finance Ltd have announced a one year sponsorship deal with up...

SMEs more successful in applying for finance

The success rate among small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) applying for finance has risen...

Record month for Bibby

Bibby Financial Services increased its funding to businesses in July to record levels. Bibby...

Shawbrook adds fixed rate options to commercial range

Shawbrook Bank has unveiled a range of fixed rate options across its commercial mortgage...

InterBay revamps refurbishment deal

InterBay Commercial, part of the OneSavings Bank PLC Group, has revised its Refurb Loan product. Details...

Complete FS celebrates 21st birthday

Complete FS is celebrating its 21st birthday at its 11th annual Expo, to be...

Rise in asset finance new business

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show new business in the...

Shawbrook launches specialist commercial underwriting teams

Shawbrook Bank has launched specialist teams for processing residential buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial...

New brand identity for TFC Homeloans

TFC Homeloans has unveiled a new brand identity across its website and communications. The...

Omni funds Chelsea Harbour development

Omni Capital's structured finance division has completed a £48 million bridging loan to fund...

SMEs ignorant of insurance needs

The good news is that the number of SMEs in the UK is at...

LendInvest funds Wet N’ Wild rejuvenation

Peer-to-peer lender LendInvest has funded the multi-million pound redevelopment of Newcastle's Wet N' Wild...

Aldermore strengthens asset finance team

Aldermore has appointed Ian Corbett to the newly created position of head of specialist...

Crystal continues to grow

Crystal Mortgages has reported its 12th successive quarter of growth. Between April to June the...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...