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Front Events to hold networking race day

Front Events, the events company responsible for the Financial Services Expo (FSE), has announced...

Valuation day for luxury assets at Borro

Borro is holding a valuation day at its London offices in Chancery Lane on Thursday 18th June....

Large drop in payday loan complaints

The number of problems reported to Citizens Advice about payday loans have almost halved. The...

Brightstar to launch sourcing system in Q3

Brightstar announces forthcoming ‘easysource’ sourcing system Brightstar will be launching a sourcing system for intermediaries...

Prestige improves secured loan competitiveness

Prestige Finance has simplified its prime and large loan ranges. The second charge lender, which...

LLoyds fined £117m over PPI complaints handling

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its largest ever retail fine to Lloyds...

26% monthly rise in value of second charges

New figures released from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) shows growth of 8% in...

Precise expands conveyancer panel

Precise Mortgages has expanded its conveyancer panel following feedback from brokers and borrowers. The...

Y3S hires group marketing manager

Y3S Group has added to its management team with the recruitment of Helen Petko...

SMEs expect alternative finance to continue expansion

64% of small business owners expect demand for alternative finance – including forms such...

PPI update from the regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued an update on PPI. In January, the FCA...

Paratus AMC partners with Phoebus

Paratus AMC has completed a successful migration of over 209,000 loan accounts from HML...

RBS disposes of more Irish loans

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) is to dispose of a further...

New COO for Welcome Financial Services

Cattles has made changes to key management roles. The lender has announced that Paul...

COMMENT

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...

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...

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Consumers put greater trust in B Corp certified financial providers, says Cumberland

More than half of consumers say they would feel more confident in their bank...

Together strengthens intermediary team with senior account manager hire

Together has added further experience to its broker-facing team, with Annie Crust bringing more...

Project 28 Charter opens membership to widen push for faster property transactions

The Project 28 Charter has opened membership to organisations across the property transaction chain...

Tembo appoints James Young to lead data and insights

Tembo has appointed James Young as director of data and insights as the savings...

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