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New launch looks to lend to SMEs

A new bank targeting established small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) has launched today....

Economic uncertainty behind The Chelsea’s Track & Fix take-up

The Chelsea Building Society says it is witnessing growth in the numbers of borrowers...

Fixed and tracker fees up by one-fifth in three years

Fees for fixed and tracker mortgage products have risen by over 20% since September...

NatWest adds new core and corporate mortgage deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has introduced new purchase and remortgage deals to its core and...

Central London outperforms wider commercial property market

UK commercial property performance was broadly flat in May, with returns now at -0.1%,...

Sharp rise in value of homes in areas of outstanding natural beauty

Homeowners in some of the most beautiful places in England have seen the value...

Bank of Mum & Dad being tapped up by ‘second steppers’

16% of 'second steppers' - homeowners looking to sell their first home and move...

Aldermore seeks to shake up SME banking

Aldermore has launches new business savings accounts which it believes will 'shake-up' SME banking. ...

Property ownership a sign of being ‘grown up’

Almost half of Brits believe that the global economic crisis is forcing people to...

M&S Bank details revealed

Marks & Spencer has confirmed details of its summer launch for M&S Bank. Over the...

Trio join Enterprise Finance’s commercial division

Enterprise Finance has announced three appointments to its commercial mortgages division. Rajvi Lodhia, formerly of...

AFI supporting Teenage Cancer Trust with Scafell Pike climb

A team of 40 employees from Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) and Cater Allen will...

The Leeds unveils new buy-to-let deals

The Leeds Building Society has launched a new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let deal at...

Reduction in retirement gender gap

Women retiring in 2012 expect their annual retirement income to be a third lower...

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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