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ADVICE: Working 9 to 5 (and beyond)

Dean Jones, head of paaleads.com, looks at changing working patterns Without wishing to come across...

FSA fee position now criticised by insurance industry

The FSA's plans for paying for its annual funding requirement for 2010/11 have been...

Cable admonishes banks over SME lending issues

Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable has called on banks to make good on...

Pan-European servicer launches

Primary and special servicer Hatfield Philips International (HPI) has launched Hatfield Philips Agency Service...

Buy-to-let yields decline

Yields on residential property fell to 4.75% in January as rents slipped while property...

SMS offers bridging help to advisers

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has unveiled a new service for brokers which will help...

FSA blaming intermediaries for banking crisis: AMI

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has responded strongly to the FSA's announcement of...

Regulator outlines 2010/11 fee proposals

The FSA is looking for an increase of 9.9% in overall funding to support...

Simon Davies promoted at Valunation

Valunation has appointed Simon Davies to the new position of technical director. Davies joined the...

Don’t regulate buy-to-let, BSA tells government

Treasury plans to regulate buy-to-let mortgages could scupper the Government's objectives to increase investment...

Gateway wins Nottingham valuations contract

The Nottingham has chosen Gateway as their panel manager to look after all valuations....

Central Trust to re-enter secured loan market

Central Trust has secured a £90 million funding line with the Royal Bank of...

ScotProv retains 5-star rating

Protection provider Scottish Provident has been awarded the maximum 5 Star Rating by Defaqto...

MMR must not wreck mortgage activity: AMI

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has called on the FSA to ensure its...

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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