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Sharp rise in profits at Together

Together has posted a 29.7% increase in pre-tax profits for the year ended 30 June...

Second charge market continues to grow

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that the second charge mortgage market...

Brightstar joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Brightstar Financial has been added to Legal & General Mortgage Club’s specialist distributor panel. Brightstar...

Specialist market “still buoyant”

Complete FS has seen enquiries and applications for specialist lending increase over the past...

Together sponsors Faf de Klerk

Together has teamed up with South African rugby international, Faf de Klerk, as part...

P2P lending platform CEO quits

Peer-to-peer lending platform Folk2Folk has announced the resignation of Jane Dumeresque, its chief executive officer. She...

“UK’s first criteria search system” launches

Knowledge Bank, which claims to be the UK’s first criteria search system, has...

Assetz Capital secures gets FCA authorisation

Peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital has received full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). To...

Arnie to star in PPI deadline campaign

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger is featuring in a new...

Aegon and Funding Circle agree long term partnership

Aegon and Funding Circle have announced a strategic long term partnership designed to support...

Attitudes to seconds are changing – slowly

Fluent Money has claimed it is "still too easy to disregard secured loans" when...

Brightstar opens Wellness Room

Brightstar has announced the official opening of its 'Wellbeing Room' as part of the...

Second charge market continues to grow

June saw the second charge mortgage market have its fourth consecutive month of growth,...

Asda launches personal loans brand

Asda Money has launched Asda Personal Loans with Freedom Finance, online and via telephone.  The offering...

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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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