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The Coventry issues no-linking pledge

Coventry Intermediaries has pledged not to offer linked products as part of its mortgage...

Govt wants banking partnership with India

Lord Sassoon, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, has launched a UK financial services guide...

PTFS offers Mortgage Brain to members

Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has adopted Mortgage Brain's new sourcing system as one...

New BBA chairman appointed after Green’s departure

Marcus Agius, group chairman of Barclays, is to be the new chairman of the...

New intermediary products outpace direct deals

The total number of mortgage products across intermediary and direct channels rose 16% from...

Who’s responsible for equity release education? “Not us,” say brokers

Bridgewater Equity Release has asked advisers to consider their own responsibilities in delivering increased...

Think about secured loans as remortgage alternative, urges broker

The broker market has been urged to gain a better understanding of how secured...

Value your gold, says insurer

Rural insurer NFU Mutual claims many households will be underinsured due to rising gold...

Controversial figure to take over at Barclays

Barclays has announced that Bob Diamond is to be its new group chief executive....

Mundys launches iPhone app

Lincolnshire-based estate agents Mundys has launched an application for the Apple iPhone. As well as...

Brokers battling over insurance claims

Insurance brokers have to fight harder to get claims paid during the economic downturn...

TestMeOnline becomes focus:progress

Focus Solutions has rebranded TestMeOnline to focus:progress, claiming the new identity better reflect "the...

JSA claimants &quotensnared&quot by unsecured debt

The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS), says huge numbers of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance...

Bright Grey improves life claim performance

Bright Grey paid out 98% of life claims in the first half of 2010,...

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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