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HML hires compliance head

HML has appointed Martin Berry as head of compliance. Berry joins from KPMG where...

Ageas Protect appoints head of marketing and propositions

Ageas Protect has announced the appointment of Steve Casey to the role of head...

Gulf between income and financial security

The average household is £1,435 a month short of being financially secure, according to...

Scottish Provident offers six-point protection plan

Scottish Provident has developed a six-point 'Elevator Pitch' to help IFAs to "take its...

L&G reveals workers’ entrepreneurial flair

Legal & General's latest Job Security Index research reveals that 28% of current UK...

Virgin Money cuts a number of Northern Rock rates

Virgin Money has cut interest rates across a selection of its Northern Rock residential...

Directorial appointment at Openwork

Openwork has appointed Billy Hewitt as its new recruitment director for Scotland. Hewitt will...

Barclays to cut rates tomorrow

Barclays is cutting a number of mortgage rates by up to 0.30 percentage points...

Funding for Lending likely to have implications for MPC voting

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously in favour of both...

Misleading lettings ad banned

A lettings agent has had its advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Claims...

Mortgage activity bounces back

Mortgage activity was back up in July, according to the latest National Mortgage Index...

The Cambridge raises SVR

The Cambridge Building Society has increased its Standard Variable Rate (SVR) on both...

Household finances shakier than in summer 2011

Household finances across the country are weaker than at the same point last year,...

First Complete brokers upbeat about coming months

45% of First Complete advisers say they are expecting to do more business in...

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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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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