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Chetwood Bank appoints mortgage distribution manager

Chetwood Bank has strengthened its intermediary offering with the appointment of Natalie McNamara as...

Property market steadies but affordability still stifles momentum

The UK residential property market has entered a period of relative calm following a...

FCA fines Barclays £42m over financial crime failings

Barclays has been fined £42 million by the Financial Conduct Authority after the regulator...

InTouch joins Conveyancing Association as latest Affiliate member

The Conveyancing Association has confirmed the addition of cloud-based case management platform InTouch as...

Birmingham Bank recruits new head of lending

Birmingham Bank has appointed Jackie Burchill as its new head of lending. With more than...

FCA and PRA to ease SM&CR burden

The Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority have launched a joint consultation on...

Consumers more willing to complete vulnerability assessments than firms expect

Consumers are far more willing to complete vulnerability assessments than many financial services firms...

Protection Guru expands adviser search access to bolster Consumer Duty compliance

Protection Guru has announced a major upgrade to its technical information and comparison tool...

FCA and FOS unveil reforms to streamline redress system and bolster confidence

The financial redress system in the UK is to undergo sweeping reforms in a...

Stress test reform ‘revitalising’ buy-to-let market

The buy-to-let mortgage sector is showing clear signs of resurgence following a reform to...

Newcastle for Intermediaries bolsters broker support with expanded BDM coverage

Newcastle for Intermediaries has made a substantial investment in its business development manager (BDM)...

Property investors remain committed to bridging and development finance

Three-quarters of UK property investors plan to continue using bridging or development finance over...

Time Finance hires new head of operations as it targets £300m lending

Time Finance has appointed Bethan Holliday as head of operations in its asset finance...

Gatehouse Bank trims rates on buy-to-let plans

Gatehouse Bank has announced reductions of up to 0.20% on its range of fixed-term...

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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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