Commercial

Bibby Financial Services moves into Singapore

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is expanding its presence in Asia Pacific with the opening...

Business owners failing in pension provision

46% of UK business owners have no private pension savings to support them in...

Metro Bank backs GrowthAccelerator scheme

Metro Bank has been unveiled as a primary banking partner for the GrowthAccelerator initiative,...

Aldermore appoints regional sales manager

Sean Thomson has been appointed by Aldermore to the role of regional sales manager...

Crowdfunding is turning finance truly social

Everyone knows the internet is a wonderful thing. It connects people who are relevant...

Metro Bank hires managing director for commercial banking

Metro Bank has appointed Jason Oakley as managing director of commercial banking. Oakley will be...

Funding Circle expands intermediary development team

Funding Circle has appointed Laura Kinghorn to the role of business development manager (BDM)...

Co-op increases renewable energy lending

The Co-operative Bank has almost tripled the amount has lent to the renewable energy...

Small business employment hampered by financing

Small firms would hire more than 500,000 new staff if they could get more...

Shawbrook overhauls product range

Shawbrook Bank has added 13 new commercial mortgages for the property investment and trading...

SMEs continue to innovate

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are finding new ways to adapt to the changing...

Blemain Group secured significant funding

The Blemain Group has secured a £640 million three-year banking facility to help existing...

Increase in demand for development finance

United Trust Bank has found that 63% of brokers operating in the sector have...

Mortgages for Business welcomes back old face

Paul Martins has re-joined Mortgages for Business following a three year hiatus. He left the...

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...

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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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