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Where is your business going?

Regardless of where you live in the UK I suspect you were, like me,...

Long live the King!

As Andy Murray has proved in his Olympic rematch with Roger Federer a good...

Buy-to-let needs to boost wider market

The latest buy-to-let lending figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) make positive...

The improving perception of equity release

No matter how much one earns, it never seems to stop the idle daydreams...

Making sense of all that data

I believe it was Donald Rumsfeld who made the following mind bending statement: "There...

Affordability is still the issue

Summer may finally appear to be here as the sunshine makes something of a...

Advising older homeowners in financial difficulty

For those of us who have not yet reached it, when we look ahead...

After the Olympics: RDR!

We are but days away from an event that has been seven years in...

Digesting the Funding for Lending scheme

It may still be too early to fully digest what impact the Bank of...

Overseas property investment: where from exactly?

It is no secret that a sizeable part of the success of London’s prime...

Expect an Olympic slowdown

I was intrigued to see Boris Johnson’s recent comments with regards to the Olympics...

RDR – it’s crunch time

The countdown to RDR is well and truly underway, warns David Hesketh, group M&A...

Buy-to-let: a golden opportunity for brokers

Buy-to-let expansion won’t be a flash in the pan, writes David Brown, commercial director...

Embrace the cloud

Cloud computing can be the perfect solution for many businesses, argues Paul Hunt, managing...

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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...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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