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Precise Mortgages offers fast track service

Precise Mortgages has unveiled a 'fast track' process for its unregulated bridging and light...

Assurant Intermediary gains customer service accreditation

Assurant Intermediary has earned accreditation from the Institute of Customer Service (ICS), the independent...

Purchase approvals at highest level for two years

Loans for home purchases reached their highest number since December 2009 in November, according...

AFI hit by Scottish storms

Bad weather in Scotland has affected Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI). The adverse wether conditions the...

Rise in money mule fraud

The UK's Fraud Prevention Service, CIFAS, has warned that 'money mule' fraud is on...

Ageas Protect MD quits

Ageas Protect says its managing director Martin Werth has chosen to step down from...

New gap-filling tool launched

The Institute of Financial Services has unveiled a universal gap-filling tool for financial advisers...

Big rise in attempted mortgage fraud

Attempted mortgage fraud increased dramatically in the three months to the end of September...

Peer-to-peer lending not covered by FSCS

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has reminded individuals that it does not protect...

No change to the Bank Rate

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy committee (MPC) has left the Bank Rate unchanged...

Tenet sees pre-RDR AR growth

Tenet has continued to see growth in Appointed Representative (AR) numbers in the lead...

BIBA chief calls for regulatory changes

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has claimed that the continuing language used by...

Job losses to follow UKAR office closure

The holding company for the Government-owned companies of Bradford & Bingley plc and Northern...

TrigoldCrystal adds Connect Overseas sourcing facility

TrigoldCrystal has joined forces with Connect Overseas to provide clients a sourcing feature for...

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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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