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Bright Grey improves critical illness plans

Bright Grey has made changes to its critical illness cover across both business and...

Tenet sets up new focus groups

Tenet has established four adviser-driven ‘focus groups’ to deal with some of the key...

20 year milestone for Nationwide and Macmillan

Nationwide Building Society and Macmillan Cancer Support are celebrating 20 years of partnership, with...

Magellan to visit Compete FS introducers

Complete FS is hosting Magellan Homeloans at its head office on Wednesday (25 September). Introducers...

Accidental landlords lacking cover

Around one in four residential landlords in the UK have the wrong or no...

Firms at risk from demise of key personnel

55% of companies would stop trading if they lost one or more key people...

Milestone today for Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank claims it will be "revitalised" on the high street from today, serving...

New faces at Paymentshield

Paymentshield has recruited six new business development managers (BDMs) following two new deals with...

Hinckley & Rugby bemoans bank failure levy bill

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has had to pay £357,000 – its biggest contribution...

New apps from Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have introduced Apple and Android mobile banking apps. Customers will be...

Bankhall launches new RCR assessment tool

Bankhall is urging firms to identify and review emerging risks within their business in...

Brand reputation still trumps professional recommendation

Although mortgage brokers and consumer websites are increasingly informing people’s choice of mortgage products,...

Rents up 1.3% year-on-year

Rents across England and Wales are at the second highest level on record, according...

Promise offers free web application forms

Secured loan master broker Promise Solutions is now providing its introducers with free web...

COMMENT

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience. From a turnaround time of around eight weeks back in...

Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

When lenders talk about cloud, the discussion often begins – quite reasonably – with control. Where will the data sit? How will resilience be...

AI, mortgages and the human need we can’t ignore

There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences. There is...

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

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Financial firms warned over gaps in tackling domestic and economic abuse

Financial services firms are failing to ask the right questions about domestic and economic...

Family boosts buy-to-let borrowing by up to 35%

Family Building Society has enhanced its buy-to-let affordability assessment, increasing potential borrowing by up...

Average mortgage payments down £119 year-on-year

The average monthly mortgage payment for a new homebuyer has fallen by £119 over...

Wealthy investors increase exposure to buy-to-let as tax allowances are exhausted

Affluent UK investors are allocating more capital to buy-to-let property once ISA and pension...

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