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Employment climate behind increasing consumer confidence

Consumer confidence increased towards the end of 2015, driven by an improved attitude towards the...

New FCA boss appointed

Andrew Bailey has been appointed as the new permanent chief executive of the Financial...

V Loans introduces advisory service

Secured loan broker V Loans has launched a Mortgage Credit Directive-ready second charge advisory service. The firm claims...

New scoring system unveiled

A new cloud-based scoring service that aims to help lenders improve loan quality and acceptance...

Together in major recruitment drive

Specialist lender Together is holding an open evening at its head office in Cheadle on...

Shawbrook appoints consumer finance MD

Evelyn Hamilton has today joined Shawbrook Group as its managing director of consumer finance. She joins Shawbrook...

Employee borrowing scheme unveiled

Neyber, a provider of financial employee benefits, has launched its product range to UK...

31% year-on-year rise in second charge new business

There was a 17% growth in consumer finance new business in November 2015 compared...

John Charcol moves into seconds with acquisition

John Charcol has acquired Southampton-based Simply Finance Group. The deal adds a new secured...

Average individual unsecured debt now over £6k

Brits are taking on an increasing amount of unsecured debt, according to MoneySuperMarket. Individuals in...

New hires for West One Loans

Bridging lender West One Loans has made two key appointments. Paul Simpson joins the...

Consumers plan big buys in 2016

New research from Barclaycard has revealed that consumers have continued confidence in their own financial...

Blueberry Mortgages opts for Twenty7Tec sourcing

Mortgage brokerage Blueberry Mortgages has selected Mortgage Source from Twenty7Tec as its sole mortgage...

New brand identity for Y3S Group

Cardiff-based specialist finance group Y3S has unveiled its latest brand identity,overhauling it for the first time...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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The Buckinghamshire launches new discounted rate range

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