Economy

Women in Finance: Together pushes for progress

Together has stepped up its campaign to support female talent in specialist finance with...

Simplybiz opens post-Budget Advice Show to wider market amid rising uncertainty

Simplybiz will open its post-Budget Advice Show to all financial services professionals for the...

Rents rise twice as fast as house prices

Private rents are continuing to rise at nearly double the pace of house prices...

Advice ‘critical’ as 95% of clients say it keeps them on track

Professional financial advice is playing an increasingly important role in helping households meet long-term...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and...

Mortgage chiefs warn MPs on affordability squeeze

Senior mortgage industry figures have warned MPs that Britain’s worsening home-affordability challenge will not...

Clients seek reassurance amid Budget uncertainty

Consumers are placing growing value on financial advice as speculation ahead of the Budget...

Rise in weight loss treatment leads to new underwriting questions

UnderwriteMe has enhanced the question set on its Protection Platform to ensure the use...

Millions of UK adults at risk of financial hardship

Millions of UK adults are at risk of financial hardship in the event of...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage...

Landlords warn tax rises could trigger fresh exodus from rental market

Buy-to-let landlords are expressing deep anxiety ahead of the 26 November Budget, fearing that...

Allica posts £5.8bn boost to UK economy

Allica Bank’s lending to established small firms generated £5.8 billion for UK GDP last...

Propertymark: New build prices slide in key regions

Average asking prices for newly built homes in the South West fell sharply over...

Over-55’s call for stamp duty abolition ahead of Autumn Budget

As Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the Autumn Budget over-55s are making their...
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COMMENT

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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...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

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Technology

Twenty7tec links LMS Select with Research platform to simplify conveyancing process

Twenty7tec has integrated LMS Select into its Research platform, aiming to streamline the journey...
Appointments

LHV Bank unveils interim director of retail banking

LHV Bank has appointed Alex Beavis as interim director of retail banking as it...
News

Mortgage submissions surge as advisers rush to secure rates amid market volatility

Mortgage submissions rose sharply in the wake of geopolitical tensions, as brokers moved quickly...
Compliance

MorganAsh launches calculator to help firms estimate scale of customer vulnerability

MorganAsh has launched a calculator designed to help financial services firms gauge how many...

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