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FSA toughens rules for credit unions

The FSA has published its near final rules to strengthen the financial resilience of...

AIFA launches quarterly analysis document

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has published its first economic analysis report,...

Payplan launches lender tool for the MMR

Debt solutions provider Payplan has unveiled a new proposition for the mortgage industry, which...

Connells secures Savills contract

Connells Survey & Valuation has been appointed to provide valuation services to Savills Private...

FSA gets new powers

The FSA has implemented new powers granted to it by the Financial Services Act...

Net mortgage lending up £2.1bn: BBA

Gross mortgage lending of £8.6 billion in June, as reported by the British Bankers'...

Jeremy Duncombe joins Abbey for Intermediaries

Abbey for Intermediaries (AfI) has made two senior appointments as it changes its intermediary...

Tenet Group appoints managing director for brands

Mike O'Brien has been made managing director of the TenetConnect and TenetSelect brands. He joined...

New face at Aldermore Commercial

Aldermore Commercial Mortgages has appointed Kelly Ebbage to the role of sales support analyst. Ebbage...

MAB chooses Mortgage 27 sourcing plugin

Mortgage 27's sourcing software has been selected by broker Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). The new...

City and China drive London market recovery

Buyers from China and the return of City bonuses is causing rents to soar...

Promise in tie-up with Melton Intermediary Services

Mortgage packager Melton Intermediary Services has added Promise Solutions to its secured loans proposition. provide...

Improving picture of rental arrears

One in five private-residential landlords have had tenants in rent arrears over the last...

Best new business comes from existing clients, advisers say

Intermediaries believe existing clients are the best source of new business, according to Aviva's...

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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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