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BFS provides £5m funding to logistics firm

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £5 million working capital facility to international...

Plan Help to Buy alternatives, advisers told

TMA Club is calling on advisers to start talking to those clients who are...

White Oak UK acquires SME finance provider

White Oak UK has acquired Growcap Finance, a Dublin-based business providing working capital and...

Application-offer conversions at three-year high

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has reported that mortgage brokers saw more loan...

Generation Z has different attitudes towards advice

Target Group has reported that so-called members of 'Generation Z' are more likely to...

Mint Bridging creates separate development and bridging teams

Mint Bridging has separated out its development lending from its traditional bridging lending. It has...

Spicerhaart Part Exchange and Assisted Move hires Kent BDM

Spicerhaart Part Exchange and Assisted Move has appointed Tracey Gee as its new business...

Kensington appoints chief operating officer

Kensington Mortgages has recruited Mark Foulsham as its new chief operating officer. He will join...

Accord cuts rates on 25 buy-to-let deals

Accord Buy To Let is cutting rates on over one-third of its product range. 25...

1st Stop Group passes £200m milestone

Specialist consumer lender 1st Stop Group has passed £200 million of outstanding loans. The business is a...

CBRE joins the ASTL

CBRE Limited has become an associate member of the Association of Short Term Lenders...

The Mansfield introduces expat consumer BTL to offering

The Mansfield Building Society has launched two new expat consumer buy-to-let products for people...

Keystone cuts three and five-year rates

Keystone Property Finance has cut its three and five-year fixed rates in the standard...

More people want financial advice, says Openwork

A UK-wide study for Openwork has found that there is a "growing untapped demand...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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