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Nick Jones becomes director of Freedom for Intermediaries

Freedom Finance has appointed Nick Jones as director of Freedom for Intermediaries. In his new...

Nivo offers solution to brokers struggling with Consumer Duty requirements

Nivo is looking to assist brokers and other businesses who may be struggling to...

Homeowners look to consolidate debt as credit card spending grows

As of January 2023, a staggering £63.9 billion was outstanding on credit cards, following...

Central Trust improves residential lending criteria

Central Trust, the first and second charge lender, has revamped its residential mortgage range,...

Pepper Money secures £1.2bn funding lines

Pepper Money has secured new warehouse facilities, worth more than £1.2bn, to support its...

Homeowners looking for ways to pay off costlier debts

Evolution Money has published the latest results from its quarterly data tracker, which reviews...

‘Embrace specialist lending’ – customer tells brokers

Brokers have been urged to embrace specialist lending by a Pepper Money customer in...

Millions expected to make energy efficient home improvements

Butterfield Mortgages has commissioned an independent survey among 1,468 UK homeowners to find out...

West One improves self-employed second charge criteria

West One Loans has revamped its second charge offering by introducing improved terms for...

Rise in second charges for renovations

9% of UK homeowners plan to invest their finances into making home renovations instead...

Keystone introduces lower-rate larger loan range with 5% arrangement fee

Keystone Property Finance has launched a new range of lower-rate larger loan products with...

Specialist Finance Centre hires recruitment director

Specialist Finance Centre (SFC) has announced the appointment of Joe Dillon as its recruitment...

Two-fifths of homeowners ‘in the dark’ about second charges

Over two million homeowners are planning to improve their properties this year rather than...

Q&A: Daniel Yeo, CEO, Specialist Finance Centre

BestAdvice fires the questions at Daniel Yeo, CEO at Specialist Finance Centre BestAdvice (BA): SFC...

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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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