Commercial

Reward Finance funds kitchen worktop retailer’s growth plans

A Yorkshire-based kitchen worktop retailer is targeting further growth after agreeing an additional £150,000...

Aspen speeds up application-to-completion time

Aspen Bridging completed over 40% of deals in under 14 days in the six...

Time Finance appoints head of credit

Time Finance has announced the appointment of Paul Seddon as head of credit. In this...

FIBA and ASTL confirm education framework

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) and Association of Short Term Mortgage Lenders...

SMEs reveal survival tactics amid inflationary crisis

49% of all small business owners in the UK are set to increase their...

Hampshire Trust Bank makes three lending director appointments

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has revealed the appointment of three new lending directors within...

Shawbrook appoints head of real estate proposition

Shawbrook has revealed the appointment of Daryl Norkett as head of real estate proposition. Norkett...

Bathgate finances £200k deal for Zenn Liverpool

A £200k deal funded by Bathgate Business Finance has secured the launch of a...

Recognise Bank completes £670k loan for residential children’s home

Recognise Bank has agreed a £670,000 commercial mortgage for an experienced care home provider....

Assetz Capital unveils managing director

Assetz Capital has appointed Andrew Charnley to the newly-created role of managing director. Charnley (pictured)...

Sancus appoints group property director

Bridging and development lender, Sancus, has appointed Alasdair Carlyle as group property director. The appointment...

UTB adopts Workato for Alfa connectivity and integration

United Trust Bank (UTB) has chosen enterprise automation platform Workato to provide the software...

Suros Capital appoints managing director

Luxury asset lender, Suros Capital, has appointed Helena Khizam as managing director. Khizam (pictured) has...

FCA tells banks to improve treatment of struggling SMEs

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has insisted that banks must treat small business customers...

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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