Commercial

SMEs struggling with late payments

Despite UK SMEs being owed billions in late payments, new research from automated credit...

Shawbrook expands commercial sales team

Shawbrook Bank has recruited Rob Holt as a junior sales executive to its commercial...

New member for the ASTL

Signature Private Finance has become the ASTL’s latest member. The firm offers a range of...

Aldermore appoints regional sales manager for West Yorkshire

Aldermore has added to its invoice Finance sales team with the appointment of...

New head of sales for Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has promoted Emma Cox to the position of head of sales...

Montello continues to grow loan book

Montello Finance has said it is lending over £250m a year. The London firm claims...

NACFB Compliance Services launches

  The NACFB has today launched NACFB Compliance Services to its 1200 member brokers.   The...

UTB offers ‘best of British’ competition

Brokers visiting United Trust Bank’s stand at the NACFB Commercial Finance Expo will have...

Partnership unveiled between Funding Circle and Santander UK

Funding Circle and Santander UK have launched the first partnership between a UK bank...

SCF expands commercial and bridging team

Specialist Commercial Finance (SCF) has announced the appointment of Wes Friedel to its commercial...

New Aldermore roles for Lankey and Haresnape

Aldermore has made two changes to its senior leadership team in its mortgages division. Commercial...

Ezbob soft launch “exceeds expectations”

Ezbob, the online short term commercial SME lender, approved 350 new loans last month...

Shawbrook appoints BDE for the South East

Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgages division has recruited Scott Apps as its new business development...

New website for Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has launched its new website band has also reached the milestone of...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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