Commercial

Omni funds Chelsea Harbour development

Omni Capital's structured finance division has completed a £48 million bridging loan to fund...

SMEs ignorant of insurance needs

The good news is that the number of SMEs in the UK is at...

LendInvest funds Wet N’ Wild rejuvenation

Peer-to-peer lender LendInvest has funded the multi-million pound redevelopment of Newcastle's Wet N' Wild...

Aldermore strengthens asset finance team

Aldermore has appointed Ian Corbett to the newly created position of head of specialist...

Crystal continues to grow

Crystal Mortgages has reported its 12th successive quarter of growth. Between April to June the...

United Trust Bank strengthens development finance team

United Trust Bank has appointed Adam Bovingdon and Steve Brigly to its development finance...

Decline in availability of commercial property

Chartered surveyors saw a rise in the number of transactions of commercial properties being...

Commercial brokers’ optimism continues to grow

73% of commercial brokers of questioned for Shawbrook Bank’s latest Broker Barometer said...

Alan Munday joins United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed Alan Munday as a credit manager as...

Helping portfolios grow with property refurbishment loans

The refurbishment lending market has seen a recent boost with property investors and homeowners...

UTB to launch professional lending deal

United Trust Bank has appointed Kevin Flowerday to launch a new professional...

Lack of awareness of alternative finance

12% of small and medium sized businesses who were refused bank funding didn’t seek...

Lloyds to spearhead digital inclusion push for SMEs

Lloyds Banking Group is to drive forward government-led work to increase the digital capability...

Funding Circle secures major investment

Funding Circle has raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by...

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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