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New Complex Prime exclusive from AToM

AToM's Complex Prime is offering an exclusive two-year fixed rate to Appointed Representatives (ARs)...

Property investment firm facing liquidation

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills has presented a petition in...

OFT produces guidance over irresponsible lending

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published guidance on the irresponsible lending element...

Preferred Mortgages hit by mortgage fraud

A 52-year old man has pleaded guilty of fraudulently obtaining mortgage funds of more...

Loan text ad banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a text message advert from loan firm...

Birthday bonanza from Direct Line

Direct Line is offering 25% off all home insurance policies this spring, with an...

V Loans in new Prestige agreement

V Loans has signed a new partnership agreement with Prestige Finance. The national secured loans...

Irish insurance firm in administration

Quinn Insurance Limited has been placed into provisional administration, the Financial Regulator in Ireland...

Think again over LHA, landlords tell government

The National Landlords Association has urged the Government to rethink its proposals for reform...

Metro Bank joins CML

Metro Bank has joined the Council of Mortgage Lenders. The bank says its products will...

New consumer credit rules introduced

The Government has laid new consumer credit rules in Parliament to protect borrowers. These rules...

Surprise growth in UK British economy

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the British economy grew...

Recession sees rise in fake injury claims

New research from LV= shows that the legal profession has seen a dramatic increase...

Rising rents pose risks for landlords: HomeLet

Landlords are being urged to "rigorously vet"" potential tenants by HomeLet

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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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