Commercial

Blemain makes key changes following broker feedback

Blemain Finance has made changes across a range of its products to lower costs...

Brokers urged to look at clients’ capital allowances

Mortgage brokers’ clients could claim back tens of thousands of pounds in tax using...

OFT to look into SME banking

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to undertake a market study on competition...

Rebuildingsociety.com joins the NACFB

Peer-to-business lending platform rebuildingsociety.com has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB). ...

Shawbrook Bank to sponsor NACFB Commercial Finance Expo

Shawbrook Bank is to be a show sponsor at the NACFB Commercial Finance...

Aldermore aims at agriculture and ground care markets

Aldermore is targeting both the agriculture and ground care markets, as it look extends...

New system puts SMEs in touch with commercial brokers

210,000 SMEs now have the ability to get funding from NACFB commercial broker members,...

Latest NACFB Small Business Finance Directory launches tonight

Vince Cable is to launch the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers' (NACFB) latest...

Sterling Capital Reserve strengthens team

Sterling Capital Reserve has appointed Greg Williams as commercial finance consultant. Williams, who has over...

Brokers offered their own peer-to-peer business lending platform

Rebuildingsociety.com is now offing a white-labelled service for brokers, meaning they can run their...

Aldermore grows block discounting business

Aldermore has reported a significant upturn in block discounting business, having advanced £67 million...

Brokers finding it easier to place development finance cases

41% of brokers operating in the development finance sector believe that it has become...

Aldermore on the look out for top manufacturers

EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and Aldermore have launched the hunt for the UK's best...

Government accepts role for derivative products in business

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

Analysis

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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Housing

UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...
legal

MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...
News

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...
banks

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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