Commercial

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...

Omni Capital unveils new intermediary sales hub

Omni Capital has introduced an intermediary-facing sales hub, Omni Capital Client Services, which replaces Omni Capital's...

Bibby: late payment threatening SME survival

Late payment to construction firms is the leading issue stifling the industry’s growth, according...

TRM partners with Crystal Mortgages

New broker network, The Right Mortgage and Protection (TRM), has entered into a preferred...

Shawbrook changes structure of specialist teams

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes and promotions across its specialist teams...

Birketts strengthens property law service

Nick Pickersgill has joined the commercial property team at law firm Birketts as a...

Contour Capital makes senior hire

Specialist property lender and investor Contour Capital has appointed Gordon Mackie as a director. ...

Bibby hires East Midlands corporate manager

Bibby Financial Services has appointed Barry Lee as corporate manager in the East Midlands. Lee...

COMMENT

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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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...

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...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

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

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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