Commercial

Atom bank accredited to new Recovery Loan Scheme iteration

Atom bank has been accredited to the latest iteration of the Recovery Loan Scheme...

Shawbrook appoints South and Central BDM

Shawbrook has expanded its field sales team with the appointment of Craig Smith as...

Assetz Capital funds guest house redevelopment

Assetz Capital has provided a £607k development loan to Higher End Ltd to develop...

Saxon Trust unveils cashback offer

Saxon Trust is offering borrowers an exclusive on its development exit product range. For every...

United Trust Bank holds first ‘Exchange’ Broker Forum

United Trust Bank (UTB) held its first ‘Exchange’ Broker Forum (Exchange) last month to...

Channel Capital Advisors appoints chief commercial officer

Ion Fratiloiu has joined Channel Capital Advisors as its new chief commercial officer. Fratiloiu...

One Stop Business Finance appoints six BDMs

Alternative lender, One Stop Business Finance, has doubled its team with six new business...

Black Book Finance hires real estate specialist

Hiren Depala has joined Black Book Finance as a real estate specialist. Depala (pictured) has...

Hodge makes three commercial appointments

Hodge has added three new managers to its commercial lending team. Andy Buss...

Go Commercial Finance appoints asset finance head

Independent commercial finance advisers, Go Commercial Finance, has appointed Leighton Davies as its new...

Impact Lending secures £75m facility

Impact Lending has secured a debt facility of up to £75m from Foresight Group,...

Ultimate Finance recruits new regional director

Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance has announced the appointment of Alice Williams as a...

Time Finance appoints broker manager

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Lauren Sharples as broker manager in its...

A third of SMEs expect to fold without further funding

33% of UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) say their survival is dependent on...

COMMENT

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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...

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Musculoskeletal conditions account for growing share of Cirencester Friendly claims

Musculoskeletal conditions made up 44% of all claims paid by Cirencester Friendly in 2025,...

Key urges wider later life lending referrals in response to FCA market study

Key Equity Release has welcomed the FCA’s later life mortgage market study, arguing that...

Mortgage Brain sets out AI governance framework amid data security concerns

Mortgage Brain has launched an AI charter aimed at addressing growing concerns over data...

VAS appoints head of IT and business systems

Valuation panel management firm VAS has appointed Lewis Birdsworth as head of IT and...

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