SME finance

SMEs favour accountants for banking advice

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

SME bank hires head of client relationship management

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

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...

Proplend completes commercial property VAT loan

Proplend has completed the first ever investor funded VAT loan. The £1.8m loan, which closed...

New FLA chair announced

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has announced the appointment of Rebecca McNeil as...

SMEs prepare for Christmas shortages

The turnover of UK SMEs increased by 20 points in September, despite widespread goods...

Reward Finance Group raises £25,500 for two charities

The Leeds and Manchester offices of Reward Finance Group has raised £25,500 for its...

Allica Bank launches commercial mortgages for care home market

Allica Bank has launched new specialist commercial mortgages for care homes run by independent...

British Business Bank passes £600m lending milestone

The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme today announces it has passed a...

Nucleus Commercial Finance to offer RLS term loans

Nucleus Commercial Finance has been accredited by the British Business Bank under the government-backed...

Recognise Bank appoints head of credit

Gavin Keyte has been appointed head of credit at Recognise Bank. He joins the new...

Aldermore launches new invoice finance product

Aldermore has launched Receivables Finance, a new invoice finance product designed to support the...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

PROFILES