Commercial

Asset finance up by 6% in May 

Latest figures from by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show 6% growth in asset finance...

Summer Budget 2015 – corporate tax changes

George Osborne announced that corporation tax rate will fall to 19% in 2017 and...

BTL lender acquires P2P lending platform

Residential mortgage servicer and lender, Paratus AMC, has taken a majority stake in peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Empire. Funding...

Shawbrook issues new legal guides

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has today published two new legal guides for its broker...

HMO investment outperforming traditional buy-to-let

Platinum Property Partners has revealed that its analysis comparing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)...

NACFB to hold EGM

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is inviting all its members to a special...

Strong six months for Bibby

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has reported that it completed 609 new deals, agreeing upwards...

New chairman for Shawbrook

Iain Cornish has been appointed as chairman of Shawbrook Group. Sir George Mathewson has stepped...

3mc reveals strong results for H1 2015

Mortgage distributor 3mc has announced strong growth during the first half of 2015 with...

Funding Circle improves introducer application

Funding Circle has launched a new application for registered introducers. The SME lender says that...

Y3S hires HR manager

Cardiff-based loan brokerage Y3S has appointed Laura Strange to the role of group human resources...

CMC announces roadshows

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) will be hosting 12 buy-to-let and commercial finance seminars for brokers. The events...

FCA authorisation “difficult” for asset finance brokers

Four out of five asset finance brokers have said they found gaining authorisation from the Financial...

Ultimate Finance Group recruits new regional director

Ultimate Finance group, which provides cashflow solutions to SMEs, has appointed Baljinder Mali as...

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...

Latest news

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...

PROFILES