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Many small employers unaware of group income protection

A quarter of small firms have never heard of Group Income Protection (GIP) products...

Paragon Group buys more RBS loans

The Paragon Group of Companies has acquired further unsecured consumer loans, through its Idem...

Gradual improvement in consumer credit markets: FLA

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) says figures for the first quarter of the...

Paradigm unveils Chorley exclusives

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched three new product exclusives with Chorley Building Society. The...

Perspective acquires two more practices

Perspective Financial Group Ltd, the national financial advisory group, has made a further two...

Rate reductions within Godiva BTL range

Coventry Intermediaries has reduced rates and fees on certain Godiva buy-to-let products. It is...

Copland moves up as Graves takes over Pink

LSL has announced two changes to the senior management team of financial services division. ...

London prime rents triple the UK average

It is cheaper to rent than buy a prime property in the UK, according...

Aldermore’s mortgage lending breaks through £1bn barrier

Aldermore has lent more than £1 billion worth of residential and commercial mortgage funding...

Research suggests large lack of B&C insurance cover

Almost 3.5 million UK homeowners don’t have adequate home contents and buildings insurance, according...

£3.345m FSA fine for insurance firm

The FSA has fined Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd (MSIEu) £3,345,000 for serious...

Record applications for Blemain’s graduate scheme

Blemain Group has received 350 applications for its 2012 graduate training scheme, a record...

The Leeds and L&G agree RDR deal

Legal & General is to be the Leeds Building Society’s main provider of financial...

Platform cuts certain BTL rates

Platform has made changes to its buy-to-let range. The Co-operative Bank’s intermediary lender has...

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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