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JC Flowers makes further cash injection into OneSavings Bank

OneSavings Bank Plc, the bank created from the JC Flowers investment into Kent Reliance...

Insurance broker &’039guarantees to beat&’039 commercial premiums

Property insurance wholesale broker Keelan Westall has launched its 'Guarantee to beat'. It 'guarantees' to...

Kids&’039 costs forcing women to delay retirement

Over a quarter of working women in their 50s are delaying retirement to support...

First direct espouses overpayment from lodger income

First direct has launched a range of new offset mortgage rates. The direct bank...

Blemain Group improves HR processes

Blemain Group has invested in an integrated IT system, Cascade HR. The business now employs...

Central Trust improves criteria through Norton Broker Services

Norton Broker Services has announced changes to Central Trust's lending criteria. The maximum secured loan...

New group sales head appointed by Sesame Bankhall

Sesame Bankhall Group has appointed David Kafetz as head of group sales. He has 30...

Assurant Intermediary outlines new webinar schedule

Assurant Intermediary has announced the new schedule for its regular free weekly training webinars...

Slight increase in rate of personal debt growth

Total UK personal debt at the end of July 2011 stood at £1,451 billion,...

Emergency savings main alternative to protection

66% of IFAs believe their clients who do not currently have protection products in...

Woolwich unveils new offset mortgages

Barclays has launched a new range of Woolwich offset mortgages. It includes a two-year offset...

House prices down 0.6%

House prices fell by 0.6% in August, the Nationwide Building Society has reported. The average...

MAB ditches Trigold for The Core

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is switching its mortgage sourcing software requirements to The Core,...

Family savings behind new Principality FTB deal

The Principality Building Society has launched a new mortgage designed to help first time...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Yorkshire Building Society staff to climb Snowdon for charity

More than 200 Yorkshire Building Society colleagues are preparing to climb Snowdon overnight to...

Cirencester Friendly adds minimum benefit guarantee to income protection products

Cirencester Friendly has introduced a minimum benefit guarantee across its Income Assured and My...

Fleet Mortgages brings back zero-fee and fixed-fee five-year BTL fixes

Fleet Mortgages has reintroduced zero-fee and fixed-fee five-year fixed-rate products across its standard and...

Coventry cuts selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to...

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