Commercial

Syscap relaunches lending with HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is relaunching HTB Syscap, the lender of short-term loans to...

Alternative Bridging provides development loan in under 14 days

Alternative Bridging Corporation has completed a development loan within two weeks. Alan Perry, a...

Reward Finance provides accountants with cash injection

An accountancy and business support firm is destined for growth after agreeing a funding...

Kuflink appoints head of origination

Bridging lender, Kuflink, has announced the appointment of Ranjit Narwal as head of origination. He...

Aldermore provides £16.5m development finance loan

Aldermore has provided a £16.5m development finance loan to Citu for the next phase...

New invoice finance firm appoints MD

One Stop Business Finance (OSBF) has launched a new invoice financing company. The East Yorkshire-based...

Allica Bank reduces commercial mortgage rates

Allica Bank wants to take on the high-street banks on rate as well as...

UTB appoints business development director

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Adam Ware as a business development director in...

Leadership team changes in Paragon’s development finance business

Paragon Bank’s development finance business has announced changes to its leadership team, taking effect...

Optimum Finance signs up to SME Finance Charter

Optimum Finance has signed the UK government’s SME Finance Charter, to show its commitment...

Assetz Capital hires relationship director

Assetz Capital has added to its origination team with the appointment of John McDonnell...

Sirius Property Finance offers new development exit product

Sirius Property Finance has launched a new funding line that is uniquely focused on...

Hodge appoints commercial lending senior BDM

Hodge has appointed Stuart Benge as its senior business development manager (BDM) for commercial...

Folk2Folk appoints COO

Folk2Folk, the UK-wide marketplace lender for regional SMEs, has appointed Gary Leitch as its...

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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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Financial confidence masks widespread gaps in money knowledge, study finds

A growing disconnect between perceived financial confidence and actual understanding is leaving many UK...

Principal firms lead self-employed recruitment growth at Just Mortgages

Recruitment figures from Just Mortgages show that the majority of self-employed advisers brought into...

New podcast aimed at advisers navigating mortgage and wealth convergence

Twenty7tec has launched a new podcast series designed to support advisers as mortgage and...

Gen H expands into Scotland with affordability-led income booster

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has launched in Scotland, extending its lending proposition north...

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