Commercial

Asset finance new business up by 13% in January

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

TFC Homeloans secures CCA permissions from regulator

TFC Homeloans has been granted full CCA permissions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)....

LMC funds 7 deals in 7 days for Finance 4 Business

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has completed seven funding transactions in a week, worth £3m, for...

Asset finance brokers bullish about the year ahead

67% of brokers working in the asset finance sector expect to grow their businesses...

LMC supports this year’s Comic Relief

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation is organising events for support for Red Nose Day 2015. On...

Ultimate Finance expands into Scotland

Ultimate Finance Group, which provides cashflow solutions to SMEs, is opening its first office...

Landbay in transparency push

Peer to peer lending platform Landbay is to share publicly a range of new...

Vehicle hire firm benefits from Bibby funding arrangement

Vehicle hire firm Hexagon Leasing is to roll out a new vehicle sales division...

Dividends to return following LBG’s £1.8bn profit

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has posted pre-tax profits of £1.8bn. It provided £11.9 billion of...

Shawbrook promotes commercial pair

Shawbrook Bank has announced two promotions within its commercial mortgages team. Sarah Woolf, previously business...

The benefits of niche financial solutions

In any industry, a niche sector provides a differentiated and beneficial product or service...

Application process a turn-off for many

A lengthy application process is the number one frustration felt by 51% of UK...

Scottish SMEs turning to invoice finance

Bibby Financial Services Scotland (BFS) has increased its funding to Scottish businesses in January...

Ezbob parent acquires Everline

Orange Money Ltd, which trades as Ezbob in the UK, has purchased Everline, in...

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...

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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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