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Surprise appointment as next BoE governor

Mark Carney has been appointed as the next governor of the Bank of England. He...

Many SMEs ignorant of government aid

38% of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) are unaware of government grants and...

CAB launches national payday loan survey

The Citizens Advice service has seen a ten-fold increase in the proportion of clients...

Diverse reasons for secured loan enquiries

The secured loan market is not only growing in terms of business volume but...

Spending power remains flat

There was no annual growth in real discretionary spending power in October as income...

Geographic split in savings balances

Between July and September, whilst nine of the 10 highest savings balances in England...

Fine art increasingly popular with borro

Since December 2011, asset lender borro has seen a 21.7% increase in the loan...

Growth in banks’ net lending

UK banks’ net mortgage lending grew by 0.4% in the year to October, according...

OFT reminds comparison sites over consumer clarity

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has written to 100 price comparison websites asking...

The Leeds cuts rates

The Leeds Building Society has but the rate on its two-year fixed rate mortgage...

Aldermore provides override exclusive to NACFB

Aldermore is offering a new commission override scheme exclusively to NACFB members. The scheme is...

Financial services IT focussing on strategy

IT teams in financial services organisations are becoming much more strategic and this has...

Targets appoints compliance chief

Sue Colquhoun has been appointed risk and compliance director at Target Group. She has also...

Enness offers pair of exclusive fixes

Enness Private Clients has launched two exclusive, two-year fixed rates for purchase and mortgages. The...

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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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Financial confidence masks widespread gaps in money knowledge, study finds

A growing disconnect between perceived financial confidence and actual understanding is leaving many UK...

Principal firms lead self-employed recruitment growth at Just Mortgages

Recruitment figures from Just Mortgages show that the majority of self-employed advisers brought into...

New podcast aimed at advisers navigating mortgage and wealth convergence

Twenty7tec has launched a new podcast series designed to support advisers as mortgage and...

Gen H expands into Scotland with affordability-led income booster

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has launched in Scotland, extending its lending proposition north...

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