Commercial

£750k invoice finance deal helps bus driver hire firm

A Manchester business that provides bus drivers to national operators has been able to...

Bad debts still hitting 35% of SMEs

One in four small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK suffered from...

Metro Bank bolsters executive team with new hires

Metro Bank has made two new senior appointments to its leadership team. Ian...

Bibby builds operations in Leicester

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the opening of its new East Midlands Business...

Lloyds sets aside a further £1.4bn for PPI redress

Lloyds Banking Group has reported statutory profits for the first half of 2015 of...

NACFB platform plans reach next step

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has revealed that it has received...

Recovery in construction workloads

The RICS UK Construction Market Survey for the second quarter of 2015 has reported...

RBS expects further action from regulators

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has admitted that it continues to be party to...

Lloyds disposes of commercial loan portfolio

Lloyds Banking Group has agreed the sale of a portfolio of Irish commercial loans...

Goldsmith Williams unveils new company buy-to-let service

Following recent changes announced which reduce the tax relief of high income private landlords, Goldsmith...

Builders Finance Fund failing to make impression on brokers

A United Trust Bank (UTB) survey has found that more than half of brokers...

Everline expands broker team

Everline has announced the expansion of its broker team with the appointment of Henry...

Bibby boosts SME funding in West Midlands

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) says it increased funding to small and medium sized enterprises...

Profits up at Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has reported an increase in underlying profit before taxation in the first...
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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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