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Openwork bolsters RDR marketing support

Openwork is to improve its marketing support for network members as part of an...

‘Staggering’ levels for mortgage rejections

Over the past five years, around 1.57 million mortgage applications, worth £227 billion or...

New member for Equity Release Council

Key Retirement Solutions has been formally confirmed as a member of the Equity Release...

Private rental market thriving in Scotland

Aberdeen continues to be the most expensive city in Scotland, according to Citylets' latest...

Izard joins the Saffron

Saffron Building Society has appointed Peter Izard as head of mortgages. He will be...

PMS adds the Mansfield to panel

The Mansfield Building Society has been appointed to the lender panel of PMS. The...

Worrying confusion between IP and PPI

79% of advisers surveyed by Cirencester Friendly believe that their clients confuse income protection...

Stonebridge confident in model

Stonebridge Group has defended the network model despite an anticipation of further market consolidation. The...

Late payment continuing to cripple SMEs

Aldermore has published research into the extent that late payments are continuing to restrict...

Positive Lending launches Xmas incentive

Positive Lending has unveiled its Christmas reward scheme. For any secured, bridging, commercial, development or...

Paragon extends and increases warehouse facility

The Paragon Group of Companies PLC has announced the renewal of its...

19% of households have no savings at all

31% of UK households have less than £250 set aside as a financial safety...

Office expansion for Masthaven Secured Loans

Masthaven Secured Loans has moved into new premises. The secured loan arm of Masthaven Group...

Year-on-year rise in valuation activity

There was annual growth in valuation activity last month, following a strong year-on-year improvement...

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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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Gen H expands into Scotland with affordability-led income booster

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

Landlord optimism rises as confidence returns to the private rented sector

New research suggests sentiment among landlords has improved sharply over the past year, despite...

Mortgage Brain continues hub rollout with Mortgage Force and Affinity onboarding

Mortgage Brain has completed the onboarding of Mortgage Force and Affinity Group onto its...

Together expands intermediary sales team with two senior appointments

Together has strengthened its intermediary division with the appointment of two experienced industry figures,...

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