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SBG distribution MD to depart

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) managing director of distribution, Nick Kelly (pictured), is leaving the...

Crystal: InterBay return helps commercial recovery

The return of InterBay Commercial to the commercial finance market is a sign of...

Younger generation shows concern over homebuying commitment

28% of 25-34 year olds in the UK believe that buying a house with...

Panel backs Bill concession on financial services access

The Financial Services Consumer Panel has welcomed changes to the Financial Services Bill...

Precise offering cash prize to one intermediary

Precise Mortgages is running a Christmas promotion for brokers. The intermediary lender will be giving...

Metro Bank set for Reading

Metro Bank is to open its 13th store outside of London on 23 November. The...

Slight fall in Scottish house prices

The average price paid for a house in Scotland in September 2012 fell £463,...

‘Surge’ in mortgage applications

There was 22% increase in mortgage application activity in the last month, according to...

Pilot scheme for local business finance unveiled

Funding Circle has launched the first Local Business Lending Partnership with Lancashire County Council,...

AMI outlines economic fears

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has published its latest Quarterly Economic Bulletin which...

Capital Bridging Finance takes MAD Approach

Alan Dring and his business support company, The MAD Approach, have been brought in...

FSCS funding strategy slammed by Tenet

Tenet has criticised the funding model for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), in...

Skipton makes changes to resi and BTL ranges

Skipton Building Society is tomorrow (14 November) launching a new range of mortgage products,...

NACFB members offered Dragonfly exclusive

Dragonfly Property Finance has unveiled a new commercial bridging loan deal exclusively for members...

COMMENT

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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