Commercial

BLG Development Finance grows team

BLG Development Finance has made a pair of appointments in its surveying and new...

Tie for Complete’s ‘lender Ryder Cup’

Complete FS’s 'lender Ryder Cup' ended in an 8-8 tie with the Mortgage and...

Don’t ignore SME clients

There are some 5.2 million small businesses in the UK according to the Federation...

Ultimate Finance appoints regional director

SME funder Ultimate Finance has hired Adrian Payne as regional director in the Midlands. Payne...

Continued growth in asset finance new business

Asset finance new business - primarily leasing and hire purchase - grew by 5%...

Together supports Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital

Together celebrated its inaugural golf day under its new brand at Mere Resort, Cheshire,...

Ultimate Finance Group helps local children’s hospice

Ultimate Finance Group has given £5169.20 to Francis House Children’s Hospice in Didsbury, after raising the...

Funding Circle reaches £100m milestone

Funding Circle has revealed that its investors have now lent more than £100 million...

Brokers saw uplift after Carney’s bank rate hint

A quarter of brokers who took part in United Trust Bank’s most recent survey...

SME owners positive about business growth

Two-thirds of SME business owners are optimistic about the growth of their business over...

Paradigm signs exclusive deal with Brightstar

Paradigm Mortgage Services has agreed an exclusive two-year partnership with Brightstar. Paradigm will, from today,...

Shawbrook appoints new CEO

Steve Pateman has agreed to join Shawbrook Group plc as its new chief executive...

Paragon acquires asset finance business

Paragon Bank has agreed to acquire Five Arrows Leasing Group for £117 million.  Five...

Freedom Finance ramps up intermediary staffing levels

Freedom Finance has revealed a more than doubling of its its intermediary-focussed staff numbers after...

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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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