Protection

Few workers have a financial backup plan

Only 29% of British workers currently have a financial safety net in place if...

L&G unveils second opinion facility

Legal & General has launched its new Second Medical Opinion service. It provides customers with...

FSE London registration open

Registration is open for Front Events' third London Financial Services Expo. The two-day show, to be...

FCA outlines enforcement investigation procedures

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated the criteria and outlined the process it...

TSB Intermediary broadens its buy-to-let range

TSB has introduced buy-to-let remortgages over a three-year term, as well as launching two-year...

The Darlington teams up with Wren Sterling

The Darlington Building Society has signed an agreement with Wren Sterling, a national independent...

Cirencester Friendly makes key appointment

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Andrew Horsley as its new company secretary and head of...

Stonebridge Group recruits The Mortgage Shop

Mortgage and insurance network Stonebridge Group has announced Northern Ireland's largest independent retail mortgage...

Openwork restructures core distribution business

Openwork is to divide its distribution business into three specialist business units – wealth,...

Mark Graves to leave Pink

Pink Network has announced that Mark Graves is to leave his position of director...

Optimal expands team

Optimal, the business protection and employee based solutions provider set up by Holloway Friendly, is...

New AR firm for Stonebridge

Access Mortgages (Scotland) Ltd is joining Stonebridge Group as an appointed representative (AR). The Glasgow-based firm was...

Networks can offer the best of both worlds

The network model, and the various variations of it, is constantly in the spotlight...

TMA to hold DA conference series

TMA is to hold conferences for directly authorised advisers in five different locations around the...
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COMMENT

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

Appointments

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

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

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...
Appointments

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...
Buy-to-let

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