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Gordon Strachan backs Lloyds TSB’s soccer involvement

Former Scotland and schoolboys international Gordon Strachan has given his backing to a new...

Countrywide appointed as valuation services partner for HSBC

HSBC has chosen Countrywide Surveying Services to undertake valuations for its UK brands and...

Sun Life Financial of Canada closes doors to new customers

Sun Life Financial of Canada is to no longer offer products to new customers...

AIFA offers latest economic analysis

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has published its latest &lta href=&quothttps://www.aifa.net/publications/economic_analysis/aifa_qea_november10.pdf &quot&gtquarterly...

Bad decisions not fraud at RBS, concludes FSA

The FSA has completed its supervisory investigation into the Royal Bank of Scotland. In May...

NAEA calls for lenders to increase lending

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has warned that any property market recovery...

OFT bars two debt management trading names

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has refused an application from debt management firm...

Shareholder action at Davenham

Davenham Group plc is to hold an extraordinary general meeting following notice served by...

Consumer Panel issues challenge over PPI claims

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has thrown down the gauntlet to firms facing...

Less harsh downturn in house sales than expected

Whilst UK monthly house sales fell in November, it was a far less significant...

Remortgaging mitigating seasonal slowdown?

Despite recent fears over the possibility of an over-long seasonal slowdown, Connells Survey and...

LSL completes Pink purchase

LSL Property Services has finalised the acquisition of Pink Home Loans following the FSA...

Brokers offered higher level qualification

The ifs School of Finance has unveiled a new, higher level qualification for mortgage...

Rents continue to rise, says RICS

There was a rise in rents in the three months to the end of...

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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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