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Age UK benefits from Leeds members’ generosity

Leeds Building Society has donated £20,000 donation to Age UK. British singer Jane McDonald accepted...

Mortgage Intelligence Holdings accesses NatWest exclusives

NatWest has launched two new exclusives in conjunction with Countrywide. They are exclusively available to...

L&G seeks to cut protection processing times

Legal & General has made changes to its life and critical illness cover medical...

Matthews to take over at Aviva UK

Trevor Matthews has been appointed as Aviva UK's CEO. He has also become an executive...

Nationwide cuts 2-yr 50% fixed rates

Nationwide is to cut its two-year 50% LTV fixed mortgage rates for new applications...

Treasury backs CML’s position on Euro lending directive

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed the Treasury's move to support its...

LeadPoint UK maintains growth ranking

LeadPoint has been ranked in the top 50 fastest growing digital media companies in...

CML updates forecasts

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has updated its mortgage and housing market forecasts. It...

Law Society warns conveyancers over avoiding accreditation

The Law Society says conveyancing solicitors ignore the Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) at...

Landlord optimism increasing

There are signs that landlords are becoming increasingly optimistic about the buy-to-let market, according...

FSCP sounds warnings over MMR

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has voiced concerns that the new Financial Policy...

April lending at record low

The Bank of England has revealed that the number of loan approvals for house...

Woolwich rates cut again

Barclays is cutting rates on Woolwich fixed and tracker mortgages by up to 0.21...

North East house prices down 8% year-on-year

There was a year-on-year home price decrease of 1.3% in April, according to the...

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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