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COMMENT: Protect yourself against the failure of others

It's vital to review regularly your business relationships, warns Harpal Singh, managing director of...

Strong end to 2009 for landlords

The general improvement in house price indices in the latter half of 2009 was...

FSA confirms complaints handling plans

The FSA has confirmed that it will require firms to publish information on how...

Weather affects January housing market

The snow and ice which dominated January's news also had a negative affect on...

MBS Lending added to Solent’s panel

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has expanded its panel with the addition of MBS Lending...

SimplyBiz adds Promise to panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added Promise Solutions to its product panel. SimplyBiz Member Firms will now...

Majority expect price increases in 2010: Rightmove

The first Rightmove Consumer Confidence Survey of 2010 has reported a noticeable year-on-year shift...

Property recovery firm sees surge in repo advice

Enquiries from distressed homeowners remained at a historic high in Q4 2009, but have...

House prices make decent start to year

House prices rose in January by a seasonally adjusted 1.2% month-on-month, according to the...

Virgin Money unveils board members

Virgin Money, the banking division of the Virgin Group, has revealed that Sir Brian...

Northern Rock chooses L&G for protection and investments

Legal & General has been selected by Northern Rock as its supplier of life...

Michael Bolton joins risk firm

Former edeus CEO Michael Bolton has joined Clayton Euro Risk, a loan and mortgage...

FSA outlines new corporate governance approach

The FSA has issued a Consultation Paper (CP) on effective governance standards within firms. As...

Mint appoints specialist lender to panel

The Mint network has added Cheshire Mortgage Corporation to its lender panel. Mint Financial Services...

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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