Loans

Second charge specialist unveils sourcing platform

V Loans has teamed up with IRESS to launch second charge sourcing via XPlan mortgage, the...

FCA consults on ‘mission’

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on its Mission. The Mission is designed...

BBA: “underlying weakness” in housing market

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported that house purchase approval numbers in September...

Record quarterly completions for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) agreed £503.1m in applications from July to September. The latest figure,...

Key Retirement appoints deputy CEO

Key Retirement Group has promoted Simon Thompson to the newly-created position of deputy CEO. Thompson...

Too many Expos?

I can’t be the only one to wonder at the mushrooming number of Expo...

Lloyds Bank waives SME loan arrangement fees

Lloyds Bank has unveiled a new offer which will see arrangement fees for term...

£12k cost of starting a new business

The average cost of starting up a new business is £12,601, according to new...

FSE Midlands seminar programme published

Front Events, organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) Midlands, has revealed announced the full...

Clever Lending teams up with Paradigm Mortgage Services 

Clever Lending has joined the Paradigm Mortgage Services panel as a specialist lending partner. For second charge mortgages,...

Prestige introduces consumer BTL

Prestige Finance has made cuts to all variable and fixed rates across its prime residential product...

FCA takes action against payday lender

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Andrew Barry Hart, the sole director, controller...

The Loan Partnership expands second charge lender panel

The Loan Partnership has been added to Precise Mortgages' second charge loans preferred master...

Target Group appoints CCO

Target Group has announced the appointment of Jeremy Edwards as its chief client officer...

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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