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Perspective Financial Group acquires another IFA firm

Perspective Financial Group has acquired Gateshead-based IFA practice Vivienne Shepherd Limited. The firm now becomes...

Embrace the app

Technology should make life easier, argues Steven Nicholas, chief executive of Tiuta Mobile phones have...

Economic climate behind equity release broker&’039s growth

Last year, three quarters of the customers of UK-wide equity release broker, Responsible Equity...

Savings habits point towards offset benefits

New research from first direct suggests that twice as many mortgage holders save regularly...

Sesame Bankhall increases share of mortgage market

Sesame Bankhall Group was responsible for over £26.1 billion of mortgage applications to lenders...

Uncertainty rules in property market

Hometrack has reported a slow start to the year with an extension of the...

Nationwide in first-time buyer push

Nationwide is launching new marketing campaign in February, aimed at first time buyers. The campaign...

Be the voice of reason

Prepare your customers for all eventualities, advises Peter Welch, head of sales and distribution...

Generational divide in housing set to continue

The generational divide in the UK property market is likely to cause housing stagnation...

More upbeat attitude to property market

The UK population is relatively upbeat about the property market for 2012, according to...

HSBC looks to increase SME lending

HSBC says it is committed to supporting UK businesses in 2012. The banking giant claims...

HML achieves servicer rating for Irish operation

HML has become the first residential mortgage servicer to receive an internationally benchmarked rating...

Abbey to change selected rates

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) is changing the rates on selected two-year fixed and tracker...

Call to put finance on the National Curriculum

Retirement planning should be on the National Curriculum in all secondary schools, the boss...

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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