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Mayfair Bridging makes board-level appointment

Mayfair Bridging has appointed Colin Ranshaw to the board of directors. He has previously been...

Conveyancing milestone reached

NLIS and SearchFlow have celebrated the UK's 20 millionth electronic conveyancing search this month. The...

Davenham administrators appointed

Davenham and its group subsidiaries have now entered administration. David John Whitehouse, Philip Duffy and...

Inflation hits 20-year high

The annual rate of consumer price inflation (CPI) rose in September from 4.5% to...

Surprise! Direct-only lender claims direct is best

HSBC has claimed that 81% of "best buy"" mortgage rates over the past 12...

The Cambridge improves BTL loan ceiling

The Cambridge Building Society has increasing the maximum loan size on its 4.89%, two-year...

LeadPoint UK takes second place in tech growth survey

Lead generator LeadPoint UK ranked number two in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50,...

Huge rise expected in m-commerce

British consumers are set to spend £19.3 billion a year using their mobile phones...

Clydesdale/Yorkshire banks lower FTB rates

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has published new lower rates for their range of first-time...

New life and GI system from MortgageStream

MortgageStream has unveiled a new point of sale and back office system for life...

Aviva improves critical illness proposition

New Aviva critical illness customers will now be able to receive partial payments for...

Brokers report Q3 rise in buy-to-let business

Paragon Mortgages' latest Financial Advisor Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index has reported that, on average,...

Shawbrook Bank new identity for WLB

Whiteaway Laidlaw Bank (WLB) has become Shawbrook Bank Limited. This new bank combines the savings...

Vive la France!

Opportunities in the French mortgage market are ripe for the taking, says Clare Nessling,...

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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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