Commercial

SMEs favour accountants for banking advice

Research from the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) has revealed that SMEs are more...

Two business development appointments at Sancus

Sancus has expands its business development team throughout the UK with the appointments of...

Saxon Trust appoints head of portfolio management for development lending

Nick Taylor has been appointed as head of portfolio management – development lending at...

MBE Manchester Expo to host 2022 FIBA Annual Conference

Specialist property finance trade body, FIBA and Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) have announced a...

Time Finance appoints invoice finance BDM

Time Finance has appointed Lauren Maloney as business development manager in its invoice finance...

Pivot to utilise LDS Sales Guarantee

Pivot has announced the launch of a new development finance offering with an in-built...

SME bank hires head of client relationship management

Allica Bank has announced the appointment of Emma Lane as head of client relationship...

LendInvest refreshes bridging rates

LendInvest has made a series of changes to its bridging suite, as time taken...

New BDM for Time Finance

Time Finance has appointed Jake Bebbington as business development manager (BDM) to drive its...

Recognise Bank appoints commercial banking managing director

SME lender, Recognise Bank, has appointed Ian Workman as its managing director of commercial...

UTB provides £1.5m planning gain facility

United Trust Bank (UTB) Structured Property Finance has provided a £1.5m planning gain facility...

Bibby Financial Services opens new central London office

Independent invoice financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), is opening a new central London office...

Fluent Money Group refreshes brand and website

North-West based form Fluent Money Group has launched its new website, consolidating its six...

New insurance advice firm to target developer community

A new insurance and financial advisory firm, J3 Advisory, as launched to market. The firm...

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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Nationwide completes first live digital mortgage deeds with Veyco technology

Nationwide Building Society has become the first UK lender to complete live mortgage transactions...

CIExpert adds Royal London to income protection insight zone

Royal London has become the latest insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zone,...

First-time buyers ‘closer than they think’ to owning a home

Most wannabe first-time buyers may be far closer to homeownership than they realise according...

FTBs handed boost as high-LTV mortgage choice hits record

First-time buyers and borrowers with small deposits are entering 2026 with more mortgage choice...

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