Commercial

Damien Druce joins Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages has appointed Damien Druce as head of distribution and development to grow...

United Trust Bank hires head of sales

United Trust Bank has appointed Keith Sangwin as head of sales for its asset...

LMC ramps up larger loan distribution

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation (LMC) has completed on two bridging loans worth £11.25 million. The...

Pre-crunch growth for asset finance market

Asset finance new business grew by 13% during 2014 to £25.4 billion, the strongest...

Shawbrook cuts residential refurbishment product fees

Shawbrook has made a reduction in fees on its Residential Refurbishment (RR) business products....

NACFB expo open for registration

Visitor registration is open for the sixth NACFB Commercial Finance Expo. Doors open at...

Omni Capital funds care home provider

Omni Capital has agreed a £30m committed debt facility with LNT Care Developments, a...

Shawbrook kept up service levels despite Xmas break

Shawbrook Bank has said it kept its service levels agreements high in December, despite holidays...

SME lender unveils broker platform

Iwoca has launched its new broker platform, which allows brokers same day access to...

Brightstar appoints BDM

Brightstar has appointed Nathan Ellis-Calcott to its external sales team. He will be tasked with...

Record results for Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages issued terms on £664.3m worth of business in 2014, a 38.7% increase...

Eurozone crisis tops brokers’ fears

Brokers see a Eurozone recession and a change of government in Westminster as the...

New role for Neil Molyneux at Masthaven Finance

Neil Molyneux has been appointed to the newly created role of head of sales...

LendInvest passes major milestone

LendInvest has now lent more than £200 million to British businesses and property entrepreneurs. LendInvest...

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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