Commercial

Boost Capital appoints new BDM

Boost Capital has appointed Tom Fox as business development manager (BDM). He will be responsible...

Only minority of SMEs expect Q1 growth

Business funder Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has found that only 36% of UK SMEs...

SMEs warned over cost of data protection hacking

Law firm Moore Blatch has warned that SMEs could suffer disproportionately due to a...

Shawbrook appoints business finance MD

Shawbrook Group plc has announced that Simon Featherstone has joined as managing director of its business finance...

New brand identity for Y3S Group

Cardiff-based specialist finance group Y3S has unveiled its latest brand identity,overhauling it for the first time...

FHL sees ‘substantial’ growth in limited company BTL enquiries

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has reported that, since launching with pricing for its limited...

Aldermore reduces limited company BTL rates

Aldermore has cut rates on its range of specialist limited company (single residential unit) buy-to-let products. The...

Colin Bell joins Hampshire Trust to spearhead commercial launch

Colin Bell has become managing director of commercial mortgages at Hampshire Trust Bank. He has...

Experian moves to tackle invoice fraud

A new facility from Experian, Bank Wizard Absolute, aims to tackle the rapidly growing...

Roma Finance lowers rates

Roma Finance has unveiled an updated product range. The Manchester-based bridging finance and development lender plans...

Major improvement in access to finance say SMEs

44% of small and medium-sized firms applying for development finance over the past year...

Together appoints general counsel

Nigel Dale is to join Together as its general counsel. He is currently a banking...

Bibby moves into FX market

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is to launch a new foreign exchange division in 2016...

OneSavings Bank hires sales chief

OneSavings Bank has announced the appointment of Adrian Moloney as its new sales director...
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COMMENT

networks

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...
News

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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