Commercial

Paragon Bank passes £3bn development finance milestone

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has exceeded the £3 billion lending milestone. The £3 billion...

MFS cuts Bridge Fusion and commercial BTL rates

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has reduced rates across a number of product ranges. The...

Brightstar completes NACFB Assurance consultation process

The Brightstar Group has achieved NACFB Assurance status, which confirms its dedication to maintaining...

Lawrence Stephens joins Atom bank’s solicitor panel

Atom bank has appointed Lawrence Stephens to its commercial lending legal panel. Lawrence Stephens is...

Foundation brands cut rates and add limited edition HMO product

The buy to let brand of specialist lender, Foundation Home Loans, has announced a...

Time Finance launches graduate recruitment programme

Time Finance has announced the launch of a new 12-month Fast Track Graduate Recruitment...

LHV Bank doubles size of loan book

LHV Bank's UK lending portfolio now totals £140 million. At the end of 2023, the...

HTB provides £12.5m loan for NE designer shopping village

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £12.5 million loan facility to support the...

MFS secures extended funding lines

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has renewed and increased the size of a series of...

Sourcing funding is greatest difficulty for developers

New research from Shawbrook has found that property developers say funding is their key...

Q&A: James Cassidy, Sirius Finance

BestAdvice fires the questions at James Cassidy, associate at Sirius Finance. BestAdvice (BA): It’s now...

Gosai returns to Brilliant Solutions

Brilliant Solutions has announced the appointment of Sonny Gosai as bridging & commercial director....

SPF Private Clients hires head of asset finance

SPF Private Clients has announced that Charlie Jenkins has joined as head of asset...

Record month for development finance at HTB

HTB's development finance team has reported a new completions record, with June marking the...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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