Commercial

Time Finance expands business development team with new hire

Time Finance has welcomed Sion Street as a business development manager in its invoice...

Bad debt rise hitting small businesses hard

The value of bad debt suffered by small businesses has risen by 127%, according...

Atom bank extends commercial mortgage discount

Atom bank has extended the rate discount available on its range of large commercial...

The Brightstar Group launches Specialist Lending Expo

The Brightstar Group has announced The Specialist Lending Expo, which it claims will assemble...

Reward Funding appoints head of treasury

SME finance provider, Reward Funding, has appointed Tom Dundas to help establish a new...

Fiduciam expands funding with additional £100m facility

Fiduciam has secured £100 million of new funding to be deployed over the next...

Time Finance appoints invoice finance BDM

Time Finance has welcomed Naomi Campion as a business development manager in its invoice...

Bibby Financial Services appoints BDM for Wales

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Helena Warne as its business development manager for...

Business acquisitions hampered by funding issues

One-third of commercial finance brokers recently surveyed are finding it hard to source lenders...

Main sources of stress and anxiety for SME owners revealed

99% of small to medium-sized business owners have elements of their business that affect...

Budget stalling SME’s borrowing plans

Atom bank has found that SMEs' appetite for external funding is slowing down due...

Assetz Capital creates new leadership team

Assetz Capital has appointed four senior executives to its board. The board-level appointments will further...

Paragon Bank backs Essex development with £25m funding

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has provided a £25m revolving facility to refinance the...

Alternative Bridging Corporation secures new warehouse line

Alternative Bridging Corporation (ABC) has agreed a new funding relationship of up to £200m...

COMMENT

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

Fleet Mortgages adds two-year tracker products to buy-to-let range

Fleet Mortgages has launched three new two-year tracker mortgages at 75% loan-to-value across its...

Norton Home Loans provides remortgage on PRC home in Southampton

Norton Home Loans has completed a £218,000 remortgage for joint applicants in Southampton, allowing...

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