Commercial

Paragon Bank appoints SME lending sales director

Stewart Good has been appointed sales director for SME lending at Paragon Bank. Good (pictured)...

Reward reaches £200m lending milestone

Reward Finance Group has celebrated its 12th year of growth, by surpassing the £200m...

Time Finance appoints BDM

Time Finance has announced the appointment of David Hewitt as business development manager (BDM). Hewitt...

Recruitment firm receives funding boost from Optimum Finance

Right Staff, a Cannock-based recruitment business specialising in providing temporary staff to the industrial,...

Black & White Bridging funds church conversion

Specialist lender Black & White Bridging has provided an £880,000 facility to support the...

Time Finance expands invoice finance team with BDM hire

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Leann Warburton as business development manager in...

Market downturn hit 2022 UK small business equity investment

The total value of equity investment in the UK’s small businesses declined by 11%...

Colenko appoints head of sales for bridging and development

Colenko has appointed Mark Marlow as head of sales for bridging and development. Marlow (pictured)...

Time Finance funds connectivity firm’s growth plans

Time Finance is providing connectivity and business managed services partner, Connectus Business Solutions, with...

Acorn Homes secures £5.9m Paragon development funding

Acorn Homes has secured a £5.9 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s development finance...

Roma Finance launches brand refresh

Short-term lender, Roma Finance, has refreshed its branding with the strapline #LovetoLend. It is using...

Bibby Financial Services appoints corporate manager

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Colin Johnson as corporate manager – corporate north,...

Time Finance appoints head of vendor sales

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Matthew Graham as head of vendor sales. Graham...

Funding 365 introduces ground up development product

Funding 365 has moved into 'ground up' property development finance with a customisable product...

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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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