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Blemain Finance added to Flexible Finance panel

Specialist distributor Flexible Finance (UK) has added Blemain Finance to its panel. The new partnership...

Plain English plaudit for Castle Trust

Castle Trust has gained the Crystal Mark standard for all its brochures. The Crystal Mark...

Rise in volume and value of mortgage lending in July

Overall lending for house purchase rose by both volume and value in July compared...

Portfolio expansion behind BTL growth: Paragon

Growth in buy-to-let remortgaging is being driven by landlords raising capital to fund portfolio...

Positive results from Perspective

Perspective Financial Group Ltd has reported a 44% increase in revenue to £8.8 million...

Five things to do before buying your first leads

Justin Rees suggests five things to do before you buy your first leads There are...

Vickers Report calls for bank activity ring-fencing

The Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) has called for investment banking activities to be...

Casual landlords vulnerable to theft

According to new research from home insurer More Than, 60% of 'casual' landlords are...

Growing opportunities in protection

New opportunities for advisers are developing within the income protection market, despite the fall...

Talk Group reveals new structure

Talk Group, the holding company for Mortgage Talk, Robert Sterling Financial Services and Mortgage...

LeadsList moves into debt lead market

LeadsList has updated its real-time leads market with the introduction of debt leads. Debt Leads...

Another firm signs up to SAFEagent

Sequence has become the latest firm to join the nationwide SAFEagent campaign aimed at...

Mortgage finance cheaper than when Bank Rate first hit 0.5%

Analysis by independent financial research company Defaqto has found that those able to secure...

Brokers split over Base Rate rise strategy

Kensington has reported that intermediaries are divided on the opportunity to grow their remortgage...

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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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