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Aspen appoints graduates to meet growth ambitions

Aspen Bridging has appointed four alumni to its Graduate Recruitment Scheme (GRS), its largest...

‘True cost’ of stamp duty revealed

The true cost of Stamp Duty is two thirds higher than the tax bill...

SM Advice launches multilingual social media service to improve financial inclusion

SM Advice has launched a multilingual social media content service to help advisers and...

Arc & Co. arranges £27.5m Coutts loan for airport hotel refinancing

Arc & Co. recently arranged a £27.5m facility to refinance the Bristol Airport Hampton...

Zoopla calls for softer stress tests to unlock homeownership for renters

Loosening lending rules with mortgage stress testing rates closer to 6-7% would help more...

New advisory firm launches to offer bespoke protection solutions

Protection specialist Wes McCranor has launched a new protection advisory firm, Sphere Assured. Sphere Assured...

CLSQ and UK Finance to host webinar on “instant” insured property valuations

CLSQ has announced a new webinar in partnership with UK Finance aimed at educating...

Fleet Mortgages increases lending flexibility with criteria changes

Fleet Mortgages has announced a series of criteria changes with the aim to provide...

Simplify recruits 150 conveyancers and invests in people

Simplify, the independent conveyancing group, is investing in people and career development to attract...

FCA outlines steps to improve access to mortgages

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined measures to improve access to mortgages, reminding...

Slight monthly decline in house prices

UK house prices remained largely stable in February, recording a marginal decline of 0.1%...

Gender gap in financial security persists, new research reveals

New research from AdviserSoftware.com, entitled “Building the Case for Digital Advice,” has confirmed that...

Finova appoints head of engineering

Kristopher Davis has been promoted as finova Broker’s Payment and Mortgage Services (fPMS) head...

Target Group achieves major gender pay milestones

Target Group has reached a significant milestone in its commitment to workplace equality. The firm...

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The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

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The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR...

Stonebridge releases 2026 Regional Roadshow dates

Stonebridge has released its 2026 Regional Roadshow dates and revealed where it will be...

Pepper Money cuts rates across resi and affordable homes range

Pepper Money has cut rates across its residential and affordable home ownership range. Residential rates...

Paragon launches two-year BBR trackers

Paragon Bank has introduced new two-year Bank Base Rate (BBR) trackers to its buy-to-let...

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