Commercial

Allica Bank improves commercial mortgage proposition

Allica Bank has revised its commercial mortgage products, reducing interest rates and increasing the...

Castle Trust Bank appoints director of proposition & strategy

Castle Trust Bank has appointed Anna Lewis to the newly created role of director of...

Helping commercial property be (re)fit for purpose

The high street is changing. Gone are the days where the adage ‘build it...

Sancus joins Knowledge Bank platform

Sancus has joined the Knowledge Bank platform as a short-term property finance provider. Knowledge Bank...

Retail vacancy rates marginally improve

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has reported that, In the fourth quarter of 2021, the...

UTB’s property development loan book exceeds £1bn

United Trust Bank’s property development loan book has exceeded £1 billion for the first...

Saxon Trust appoints financial controller

Marc Osterley has been appointed as financial controller at Saxon Trust. A Chartered Management Accountant,...

UTB grows team as it targets sector expansion

United Trust Bank (UTB) is targeting an improvement on its record 2021 asset finance...

Record December for asset-based lender

Asset-based lender, Independent Growth Finance (IGF), has reported £140m of new lending in the...

Fiduciam secures extra £400m funding and cuts rates

Fiduciam has secured £400 million of new funding to be lent in 2022. As...

Sirius provides leveraged loan for HMO conversion project

Sirius Property Finance has structured a bespoke development loan to provide 87% of purchase...

Roma Finance appoints bridging & development specialist

Roma Finance has announced the appointment of Samantha Williamson as bridging & development specialist. Williamson...

InterBay lowers semi-commercial and commercial rates

InterBay has cut rates across all of its semi-commercial and commercial ranges, is providing...

UK SMEs optimistic for the year ahead

57% of UK SMEs have a positive financial outlook for 2022, according to Legal and...

COMMENT

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

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...

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Scottish BS adopts Instamo FastSubmit for broker submissions

Scottish Building Society has begun rolling out Instamo’s FastSubmit Solution, providing selected intermediary firms...

UTB promotes Rebwar Abdoullahi to bridging and buy-to-let sales role

United Trust Bank has promoted Rebwar Abdoullahi to business development manager within its bridging...

Kensington cuts rates across eKo, residential and buy-to-let ranges

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its eKo proposition and introduced lower pricing on...

One in four adults lack confidence making everyday financial decisions

Research from specialist lender Pepper Money suggests confidence, rather than income alone, is a...

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