Commercial

Government accepts role for derivative products in business

UK retail banks should be able to offer derivatives to business customers, the government...

3mc completes major deal with Aldermore

Mortgage distributor 3mc has completed a £1.65 million commercial mortgage transaction, which has been...

Key promotion at Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has announced the promotion of Karen Bennett to the position of sales...

SMEs look to grow following NI initiative

20% of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK has been encouraged...

Aldermore extends funding of soft assets

Aldermore has extended its asset finance proposition by allowing approved brokers to submit new...

Rebuildingsociety.com increases maximum loan size

Peer-to-business lending platform rebuildingsociety.com is increasing the amount that can be borrowed through its...

Strong growth for Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank has posted an underlying second year profit of £2.6m. The lender has...

Funding Circle passes major milestone

Funding Circle has revealed that more than £100m has been lent to the UK’s...

Interbay Commercial adds Positive Lending to panel

Positive Lending has been added to the panel of Interbay Commercial. The Bournemouth-based distributor...

Alternative business finance outstripping mainstream commercial lending

Business loans by alternative lenders have significantly outpaced mainstream commercial finance over the past...

UK SMEs remain worried about cash flow

Cash flow is still a major challenge to large numbers of UK businesses, according...

Business protection gap estimated

Businesses in the UK currently have an apparent £1.35 trillion shortfall in business protection,...

Shawbrook Bank to expand commercial team

Shawbrook Bank is looking to grow its commercial lending team. It wants to...

Crystal boosted by improving commercial market

Crystal Mortgages’ first quarter figures have surpassed those from the same period last year. The...

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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