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Masthaven Finance makes business development hires

Masthaven Finance has appointed Roz Cawood and Ginny Warby to its sales team. Cawood (pictured)...

6% monthly rise in secured lending

The latest Enterprise Finance Secured Loan Index has reported that secured lending activity rose...

Y3S Group posts £1.7m profit

Y3S Group has reported a combined net profit before taxation of £1.7m on total revenues...

Promise reports surge in commercial business

Master broker Promise Solutions has reported a 200% increase in new business in its commercial...

Smart Money secures FCA authorisation

Chester-based secured loan and bridging distributor Smart Money Limited (SML) has received its full...

Chaseblue secures FCA authorisation

South Wales specialist finance packager Chaseblue has received notification from the Financial Conduct Authority...

7% fall in number of new second charge mortgages

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported a 9% growth in consumer finance...

BoE cools on Bank Rate rise

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted 8-1 to...

Prestige Finance reduces prime and large loan rates

Second charge lender Prestige Finance has made key rate cuts across its prime and large loan ranges.   Changes...

Shawbrook announces strong results

Shawbrook Group plc has published its third quarter results, reporting a 68% rise in underlying...

uSwitch: payday loan redress not enough

Comparison site uSwitch has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) announcement that payday...

Together reduces secured loan rates

Together has cuts its rates on secured loan products by up to one percentage point. The new...

Payday lender to refund £1.7m in customer redress

CashEuroNet UK, trading as Quick Quid and Pounds to Pocket, has agreed with the...

Together makes capital appointment

Specialist lender Together has appointed a new divisional sales manager for London. Tanya Elmaz has...

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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