Commercial

BoE reports fall in business lending

Data out today from the Bank of England’s Money and Credit statistical release shows...

Commercial servicer acquired

Commercial real estate loan servicing and management business Mount Street has taken over Morgan...

SMEs upbeat about the year ahead

SMEs are more enthusiastic about running their business this year, with more than half...

Shawbrook Bank expands STL desk

Shawbrook Bank has made two additions to its dedicated short term loans (STL) desk. ...

Rise in retail property demand

There was a significant increase in demand for retail premises across the UK towards...

Wesleyan targets brokers for medical and legal loan distribution

Wesleyan Bank has launched a new service for finance brokers as it expands its...

Landlords looking towards new purchases

The latest Mortgages for Business' Complex Buy to Let Index has found that choice...

New short-term deal from Shawbrook

Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages division is entering the heavy refurbishment arena with the launch of...

Aldermore raises £40m to fund SME lending

Aldermore has raised £40 million of new capital from institutional investors Toscafund and Lansdowne...

New Expo for Scotland

Blimey! Loans has revealed that registration is now open for its Mortgage and Finance...

FCA to review RBS’s treatment of business customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Promontory Financial Group and Mazars to conduct...

Paris Smith recognised for service by InterBay Commercial

Stuart Allen, head of Paris Smith's property finance legal team, has collected a Gold...

Record year for Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages has reported its best financial year in its 35-year trading history. The commercial...

Bibby poaches five from competitor

Bibby Financial Services is expanding its leasing division with the appointment a new team...

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...

Latest news

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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