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Families need £25k to break even

The average British family now needs to bring home £24,600 a year just to...

HSBC makes corporate banking appointment for South West

HSBC has appointed Paul Wood as senior corporate banking manager for the South West....

FTB sales at lowest level for three years, say estate agents

Estate agents have reported that the number of sales to first time buyers fell...

Another day, another land banking firm wound up

A company that mis-sold undeveloped land for investment to the public has been ordered...

Openwork awarded National Skills Academy accreditation

Openwork's Learning and Development (L&D) team has been awarded a formal accreditation by the...

Omni Capital and Niche Financial complete £1m deal

Niche Financial Solutions has completed its first deal with Omni Capital, worth £1 million. The...

CCCS appoints new creditor relations head

Debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has announced the appointment of Richard Haymes...

Advisers &quotmeeting the challenge&quot of RDR

89% of advisers surveyed believe they are likely to remain in business post-RDR, with...

Barclays to introduce talking ATMs to help blind customers

Barclays is to join Royal National Institute of Blind People's (RNIB) campaign by committing...

Departure at RBS

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced that Brian Hartzer, executive committee member...

HSBC offers 3.84% deal at 90% LTV

HSBC has launched its first ever sub 4% interest rate for a 90% LTV...

New 90% LTV deals from NatWest IS

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is adding two new 90% LTV deals to its intermediary product...

Changes to TMW range

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is updating its product range tomorrow (Thursday 24 November). Its stepped...

Venue change for Expo

Mortgage Business Expo is to move from Olympia to the ExCeL exhibition and conference...

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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