News

RBS appoints leading financial services strategist

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) has announced the appointment of Richard...

AIFA backs FOS budget move

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has welcomed today's budget consultation from the...

The rise of the reluctant landlord

The number of homes coming onto the rental market because they cannot be sold...

Brightstar Financial expands first charge panel

Brightstar Financial has added the Manchester Building Society to its first charge lender panel. The...

Countrywide to run new HSBC conveyancing panel

HSBC is setting up a conveyancing panel on 9 January. The panel of solicitors and...

First Facebook property app to launch soon

Home owners and landlords will be able to advertise property for sale, rent and...

Xit2 appoints solutions director

Dr John Rogers has been appointed the new solutions director at xit2. Rogers, who previously...

Weather causing insurance claim spike

Extreme weather over recent days has brought a spate of home and car insurance...

Churchill sale on home insurance

Churchill Home Insurance is offering a 50% discount on home insurance to new customers...

Omni Capital appoints underwriter

Omni Capital has added to its team of specialist underwriters with the appointment of...

Wesleyan chairman awarded CBE

Bryan Jackson, chairman of Birmingham-based mutual Wesleyan Assurance Society, has been awarded a CBE...

The Newcastle selects e.surv

Newcastle Building Society has chosen e.surv as its new panel manager for mortgage valuations...

Openwork reveals national charity partner

Openwork has announced that its new national charity partner for the next three years...

50 new deals from Paragon

Paragon has launched 50 new products, which are in the main aimed at professional...

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...

Latest news

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...

PROFILES