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Source Insurance also to ‘wear it, beat it’

General Insurance platform Source Insurance has become the latest financial services firm to support...

LMC ramps up larger loan distribution

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation (LMC) has completed on two bridging loans worth £11.25 million. The...

New chairs for FCA’s Practitioner Panels

Three new Chairs for the Financial Conduct Authority’s independent Practitioner Panels have been appointed. The...

Consumer finance grew by 9% last year

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has released figures that consumer finance new business...

Standard Life acquires Pearson Jones from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has sold its financial advice business Pearson Jones to Standard Life plc...

New two-year residential deals from Accord

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a range of new mortgages for borrowers looking for a...

NatWest’s Bullard seconded to new role

On Monday 9 February Mark Bullard, head of sales at NatWest Intermediary Solutions, will...

Accord Buy-to-Let cuts fixed rates

Accord Buy-To-Let has cut rates on its five-year fixed rate mortgages by up to...

Wesleyan to use Vizolution to provide remote advice to customers

Wesleyan is launching a new remote advice service. Following a successful pilot project, resulting in...

New appointment to PFS board

The Personal Finance Society has announced the appointment of Gary Shaughnessy to its board. He...

The CML welcomes three new members

Three new members have joined the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The trio are the...

New fixed rate deals from First Direct

First Direct has cut a number of its fixed rate mortgages. The changes include: 65% LTV - 2.89%...

TSB cuts Fix and Flex rate

TSB has reduced its the interest rate on the Fix and Flex mortgage to...

The Leeds backing today’s ‘Wear it Beat it’ scheme

Today, Leeds Building Society’s branches are supporting the British Heart Foundation (BHF) ‘Wear it...

COMMENT

The UK’s conveyancing conundrum explained

Why is conveyancing so slow in the UK? The average property transaction now takes between 14 and 20 weeks… and that is not taking...

The silent majority: what most financial services customers never tell you

If you work in financial services, you probably have a good handle on formal complaints. You know how many you get, how quickly they’re...

Building momentum is back, but flexible funding will be key to delivery

There are growing signs that development activity across England is beginning to gather momentum again. After a prolonged period of caution driven by higher...

ANALYSIS: Swaps surge and the market braces for impact

It’s been an interesting week so far. Sadly, we’ve had to cancel our BDM meetings, because if we’re being honest, everyone in the market...

The growth is there. Now we must close the gap

The latest UK Finance Later Life Lending Update for Q4 2025 should give every specialist adviser renewed confidence in the scale and resilience of...

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New platform aims to ease advisers’ compliance burden during client meetings

A new meeting platform designed for mortgage advisers has launched in the UK, aiming...

PEXA hires Julian Wells as UK head of communications

Digital property exchange platform PEXA has appointed Julian Wells as its new UK head...

Market may be overreacting to conflict-driven rate fears

Financial markets could be overreacting in the early days of the conflict as they...

St. James’s Place passes 1,000 female adviser milestone ahead of International Women’s Day

St. James’s Place has revealed that more than 1,000 women are now working as...

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