Commercial

British Business Bank reports 9% YOY rise in Start Up Loans volumes

The Start Up Loans programme from the British Business Bank’s saw a 9% rise...

Pluto Finance provides £15.4m loan for Wiltshire housing development expansion

Pluto Finance has completed a £15.4 million loan to Backhouse Housing for Phase 2...

Time Finance hires head of risk

Time Finance has appointed Greg Hussey as head of risk in its invoice finance...

Commercial mortgage brokers reveal their wishlists for the year ahead

The latest SME Pulse survey from Atom bank has revealed what commercial mortgage brokers...

Assetz Capital to increase focus on London and South East dev finance

Assetz Capital has revealed that it is extending its focus in London and the...

LHV Bank provides £7m commercial loan

LHV Bank has completed a £7 million commercial investment loan to refinance debt secured...

Atom bank cuts variable and fixed commercial rates

Atom bank has reduced the rates across its range of fixed and variable commercial...

Sirius Finance reports record quarterly performance

Sirius Finance has revealed its best quarterly performance in the final three months of...

Close Brothers Property Finance appoints MD for structured finance

Close Brothers Property Finance has announced the appointment of Chiara Caldwell to the newly...

OSB Group promotions to focus on bridging and commercial demand

OSB Group has announced promotions within its sales teams to "strengthen its expertise and...

UTB and Iron Bridge Finance partner over £10m development

United Trust Bank (UTB) Property Development has worked with Iron Bridge Finance to fund...

Pivot hires head of credit

Pivot has appointed Chris King as head of credit. King (pictured) has worked in banking...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance appoints managing director

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance (STB CF), the asset-based lending (ABL) arm of Secure...

Pivotal Growth snaps up Watts Commercial Finance for undisclosed sum

Pivotal Growth, the joint venture between LSL Property Services and Pollen Street Capital, has...

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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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