Commercial

Ezbob secures EU backing

Commercial lender Ezbob has signed an agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF), which...

SMEs count cost of paying off loans early

Over 100,000 UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have been charged for clearing bank...

Santander makes key commercial appointment

Santander Corporate & Commercial has appointed Andrew Whelan as managing director of regional real...

Shawbrook aims to enhance STL proposition

Shawbrook has unveiled a new process for its short term loan (STL) offering. The aim...

Golding promoted at Bibby

Invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has restructured its sales team with the...

Liberis sets up £1m funding for flooded businesses

Business cash advance provider Liberis has ringfenced £1m ‘immediate access’ funding for micro and...

Crystal Mortgages appoints managing director

Crystal Mortgages has promoted Joe Breeden to the position of managing director. Breeden (pictured)...

How banks are supporting customers affected by the floods

High street banks have offered their support to those affected by the floods. RBS has...

SME owners resorting to plastic

Business bosses are putting their fund-raising plans on their personal credit cards for 2014,...

High street banks still averse to development finance

59% of brokers working in the development finance sector have said that the...

Strong levels of activity from small businesses

A quarterly index of 4,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK has shown...

SMEs shun banks for payday lenders

An Amigo Loans survey has found that UK microbusinesses have little confidence in borrowing...

Funding Circle to go on the road

Funding Circle, the online marketplace for business loans, has provided details of its first...

NACFB starts expo registration

Visitor registration have begun for the NACFB’s Commercial Finance Expo. The fifth commercial Expo is...

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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