Commercial

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...

Shawbrook Bank expands commercial Strategic Partner network

Shawbrook Bank has increased the size of its network of Strategic Partners for...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

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

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...

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

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

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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