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...

Time Finance agrees increased NatWest funding facility

Time Finance has renewed and expanded its Back-to-Back invoice finance funding with NatWest, increasing...

Aspen provides £6.95m dev loan in five days

Aspen has completed a £6.95m light development loan at 75% LTV in five days...

Time Finance appoints invoice finance relationship manager

Time Finance has appointed Ann Geater as a relationship manager within its invoice finance...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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