Commercial

Experienced duo launch new brokerage

The Loan Partnership, a broker specialising in bridging finance, secured loans and development finance,...

Two key hires for Aldermore

Aldermore has announced a new managing director for its asset finance business. Carl D’Ammassa...

NACFB outlines survey findings

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has the published the results of...

Billion-pound milestone passed by Shawbrook

Shawbrook Bank has passed the £1 billion barrier in lending to SMEs and personal...

Scotland’s private sector growth gains momentum

August's Scottish PMI survey from Bank of Scotland showed latest increases in business activity...

Sesame Bankhall Group offers SME savings referral scheme

Appointed Representatives of Sesame Network and members of PMS can now offer their...

SMEs still frustrated by lack of traditional finance

A survey of 1,000 small to medium-sized business owners, conducted by Bibby Financial Services,...

Non-traditional options for SMEs

If an SME is turned away from a high street lender, other options are...

Aldermore cuts three-year commercial fixed rates

Aldermore has cut its rates across several of its three-year fixed rate commercial mortgage...

Metro Bank acquires invoice finance firm

Metro Bank has moved to expand its offering to business customers through the acquisition...

Ashworth to leave Aldermore

George Ashworth, managing director of Aldermore Asset Finance, is leaving the business. Ashworth (pictured) is...

Business Bank doomed by lack of firepower?

West One Loans has claimed the government’s Business Bank will not be able...

Dragonfly to launch commercial property fund

Dragonfly Property Finance has recruited Ludo Mackenzie as its new head of commercial property. Mackenzie...

Confusion over what peer-to-peer lending is

53% of consumers do not know what peer-to-peer lending is, identifying it as...

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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