Later Life

Later Life Academy appoints chairman

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has announced the appointment of Bob Champion as its...

Chris Prior joins Bower Retirement Services

National equity release adviser Bower Retirement Services has appointed Chris Prior as its partnerships...

Consumers put off by cost of advice

Consumers in the UK are reluctant to pay for advice until they have an...

Retirement expectation gap revealed

People in the UK who are currently in work have potentially unrealistic expectations of...

More 2 Life anticipates continued expansion

More 2 Life has expanded its headcount by 30% over the last 12 months...

Bower boosts its Partnerships offering

Bower Retirement Services is expanding its referral service to help introducers grow their business with...

Pensions being unlocked for debt and holidays

21% of people plan to release cash over and above their tax-free lump sum...

Total equity released in past three months rose 19%

Key Retirement has revealed that pensioners are boosting their retirement income by an average...

OneSavings Bank on track to meet targets

OneSavings Bank, the specialist lending and retail savings group, has reported growth in net...

Nearly £5bn withdrawn since ‘pension freedom’

£4.7bn has been withdrawn under the new pension freedoms since April, according to latest...

Retirement planning at risk from financially mute couples

UK couples are putting their plans for a comfortable retirement at risk by avoiding...

Advisers want interest-only innovation

30% of equity release advisers want product development to focus on interest-only mortgages –...

Largest quarterly rise in equity release lending for 11 years

Equity release lending in the third quarter of the year rose by £68.3m compared...

L&G Mortgage Club unveils lifetime mortgage referral panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched its lifetime mortgage referral panel, which aims...

COMMENT

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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