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New National Counties boss revealed

Mark Bogard is to succeed John Milton as National Counties Building Society group chief...

Connaught Asset Management suspends another fund

Connaught Asset Management has "temporarily" suspended its Connaught Income Fund Series 2. This follows its...

Shawbrook Bank CEO quits

Owen Woodley has decided to step down from his position as CEO of Shawbrook...

Rise in consumer confidence

Consumer confidence has risen to a nine month high, the Nationwide Building Society has...

FTB hotspots identified

The UK's property hotspots for first time buyers are Milton Keynes, Dartford and Swindon,...

V Loans looking to help ‘mortgage prisoners’

Specialist distributor V Loans has claimed mortgage brokers and other professional advisers are using...

YBS to expand branch network

Yorkshire Building Society is planning to open a new branch in Ilkley. This follows previously...

Equifinance access to be increased

Promise Solutions is enlarging its panel with access to Equifinance. Following the launch of...

First double dip recession for UK since 1970s

The UK has entered a double dip recession. Latest figures from the Office for National...

Barclays highlights protection gap

60% of UK adults do not have life insurance, according to new research from...

New BM deals offered by TBMC

TBMC is now offering two extra two-year fixed rate deals funded by BM Solutions. The...

Precise in bridging arrangement with seven distributors

Precise Mortgages has become the preferred bridging lender for seven mortgage distributors. The septet consists...

MAB renews arrangement with TrigoldCrystal

Mortgage Advice Bureau has renewed its agreement with TrigoldCrystal for a further two years. This...

Welsh house prices 0.6% lower than in February 2011

The average price of a house in Wales in February, at £151,986, is practically...

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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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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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