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Vantage Finance appoints chairman

The former CEO of Aviva’s life insurance business has been appointed as chairman of...

Committee questions further P2P regulation

Andrew Tyrie MP, chairman of the parliamentary Treasury Committee, has written to Tracey McDermott,...

Optimum Credit now on a sourcing system

Mortgage Brain has revealed that second charge provider Optimum Credit has decided to allow...

Multimillion pound fine for CT Capital

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined CT Capital Ltd £2,360,900 for serious failings...

Brightstar launches EasySource

Brightstar has officially launched its new sourcing system, EasySource, today. The system, which took two...

Septet joins second charge player

Second charge distributor Fluent Money has announced the appointment of seven new members of...

TFC Homeloans launches specialist sourcing solution

TFC Homeloans has unveiled QuickSearch, its specialist lending sourcing system, to its brokers. The distributor says brokers can...

Target Group to be bought for £112m

Target Group, the financial services outsourcing and software provider, has been acquired by global multi-national specialist...

Large majority of brokers to deal with second charges

84% of brokers surveyed by Legal & General Mortgage Club plan to include second...

Second charge lender secures new funding

Step One Finance has successfully completed an equity funding round participated by the Bravo...

Julian Harris Network opts for Twenty7Tec sourcing platform

Julian Harris Network has adopted Twenty7Tec's platform as its preferred sourcing system. The network will now roll...

Two key sales promotions at CSF

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has promoted Neil Elvish to the senior position of national...

New non-exec director for Together

Together has appointed Colin Kersley to its retail board. As an independent non-executive director, Kersley...

Record months for Freedom Finance

Freedom Finance has reported two consecutive record months in March and April this year. April...

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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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