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Friends Life appoints independent director

Friends Life Group plc has appointed Peter Gibbs as an independent director. Gibbs will become...

DEMSA appoints compliance and discipline chairman

The Debt Managers Standards Association (DEMSA) has appointed The Hon Sir Harry Ognall, DL...

New service to help first-time buyers with credit profile

Halifax and CreditExpert from Experian have embarked upon a new partnership with the aim...

Marginal fall in gross mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending in July was an estimated £12.6 billion, according to the Council...

Rise in female mortgage arrears

20,717 of the people seeking help from debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS)...

Select Committee launches FCA inquiry

The Treasury Select Committee has announced an inquiry into the new Financial Conduct Authority...

Teenagers helped by Blemain Group

Local teenagers at the Ladybarn Community Centre will be the first group to receive...

Offset mortgages to help with university expense?

First direct has claimed that if parents with an offset mortgage encourage their child...

Farmland prices reach new highs

Farmland prices reached an all time high during the first half of 2011, as...

MPC unanimous over rate hold but not QE

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to hold the Bank Rate...

Ingard Financial adopts Mortgage Brain

Ingard Financial has chosen Mortgage Brain as its sole mortgage sourcing technology solution. The independent...

Openwork appoints COO

Openwork has appointed Paul Bridge as its chief operating officer. He replaces Mary-Anne McIntyre who...

Aldermore exceeding its commercial lending targets

Aldermore has lent £360 million to small and medium sized businesses over the past...

Intra-family lending on the rise

63% of consumers surveyed by Aviva say there has been a rise in family...

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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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