Commercial

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...

Optimum Finance appoints senior relationship manager

Optimum Finance has appointed Mike Jones as a senior relationship manager (RM) as the...

CrowdProperty funds £16m GDV Bradford scheme

Specialist residential property development lender CrowdProperty is supporting a £16m+ GDV development project in...

Time Finance adds relationship manager to invoice finance team

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Ian Shaw as relationship manager. Shaw (pictured)...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

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...

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The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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