Loans

Majority of Xmas debts to be paid off within three months

66% of UK households expect to return to their normal financial state within three months...

UTB completes its 10,000th second charge

United Trust Bank (UTB) has completed its 10,000th second charge mortgage, a loan for £31,395 to...

United Trust Bank completes its largest second charge

United Trust Bank has completed a £352,000 second charge mortgage, it largest ever. The loan,...

Spring Finance makes major changes to second charge offering

Second charge lender Spring Finance has made changes to its product offering as well...

Volumes and profits up at Paragon Group

Paragon Group has reported a rise in pre-tax profit of 5.0% to £164.4 million. 2019...

Simon Carr rejoins Promise Solutions

Simon Carr, formerly a director at the specialist lending packager and broker, Promise Solutions,...

Brightstar keeps Best Companies accreditation

Brightstar Financial has retained its 3 Star Best Companies accreditation for workplace engagement. The accreditation...

1st Stop Group’s loan book passes £250m mark

Specialist consumer lender 1st Stop Group Limited has passed £250 million of outstanding loans. 1st...

30% drop in second charge repossessions

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the number of...

Decade-high for second charge mortgage market

The latest new business figures for the second charge mortgage market from the Finance...

Illegal loan scheme victims urged to come forward

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called on customers who took out a loan...

FLA appoints new director general

Stephen Haddrill has been appointed as the new director general of the Finance &...

Shawbrook Bank cuts second charge rates

Shawbrook Bank has reduced rates on its second charge mortgages by up to 0.80 percentage...

Brightstar Financial joins SmartrRefer panel

Brightstar Financial has become the latest distributor to be added to SmartrRefer, the new...
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COMMENT

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...
Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

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

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

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

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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