Commercial

Asset Advantage appointment to strengthen broker partnerships

Asset Advantage has appointed Jonty Cooke as broker manager as it looks to deepen...

Brokers could be overlooking sales opportunities by ignoring client assets

Mortgage brokers and financial advisers may be missing valuable opportunities by failing to ask...

Manchester security firm secures future growth with Time Finance ABL facility

Red Security, a Manchester-based CCTV and security provider, has secured a £500,000 asset-based lending...

GB Bank hits £2bn balance sheet milestone

GB Bank has passed a major financial milestone, with its balance sheet surpassing £2...

The rise of the renovator buyer

In today’s property market, many borrowers are rethinking what homeownership means. Amid shifting lifestyle...

Leumi UK spearheads £42.9m refinancing for Martley Capital portfolio

Leumi UK has led a £42.9 million loan-on-loan refinancing package for Martley Capital Group. The...

Allica Bank nearly doubles profits

Allica Bank has reported a near doubling of annual profits to £29.9 million in...

Property data and AI tools will help brokers win more business

REalyse has launched a residential property intelligence tool designed to give mortgage brokers a...

Rcapital acquires Gap Personnel in £23.5m carve-out deal backed by STB CF

Gap Personnel, one of the UK’s largest independent recruitment agencies, has been acquired by...

British Business Bank receives £500m boost to back SMEs hit by tariff changes

The British Business Bank’s Growth Guarantee Scheme has been granted an additional £500m in...

AI tool from REalyse promises to streamline property search and valuation for brokers

Mortgage brokers across the UK will soon have a powerful new tool in their...

The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple...

Time Finance strengthens invoice finance division with new appointment

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Danielle Lynch as relationship manager in its...

Demand surges and efficiency peaks in specialist lending, Brickflow data reveals

The first quarter of 2025 has seen a marked surge in activity across the...

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The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

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...

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Hope Capital secures £35 million HTB funding line

Hope Capital Property Finance has secured a £35 million wholesale funding line from Hampshire...

Nottingham Building Society backs Instamo broker padel event

Nottingham Building Society has been confirmed as headline sponsor of Instamo's FastAdmin Broker Padel...

Warhol collection helps secure £310k loan for home improvements

A high-net-worth client has secured a £310,000 short-term loan against a collection of Andy...

Brokers urged to strengthen sanctions checks

Mortgage and financial services firms are being urged to review their sanctions controls after...

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