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Buckinghamshire BS appoints telephone BDM

Buckinghamshire Building Society has appointed Georgia Smith as a telephone business development manager (TBDM). Smith...

Access FS becomes member of Equity Release Council

Access Financial Services has joined the Equity Release Council. Its mortgage advisers provide advice on...

Nikki Haworth joins Rockstead as senior business development manager

Mortgage expert Nikki Haworth has joined industry compliance and solutions firm Rockstead as senior...

Reeves calls in banking chiefs for financial growth talks

Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) is reportedly bringing in the heads of the UK’s leading...

Bradford named Q4’s top property hotspot

Bradford has overtaken Newcastle-upon-Tyne as the most active property market in the UK, according...

David Ewing leaves Ingard after 25 years as network is sold to Glasgow-based firm

Network boss David Ewing has left Ingard after a quarter of a century to...

Government to overhaul home buying process with digital revolution

Millions of homebuyers could soon see a faster, cheaper, and less stressful experience as...

HNW bridging lender appoints chief commercial officer

Tenn has appointed Chris Wright as chief commercial officer. As part of the appointment, Wright...

Lisa Martin to leave TMA

Lisa Martin, DA (Directly Authorised) development director at TMA, is to leave the organisation. She...

FCA takes tougher stance on misleading financial promotions

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) took increased action against misleading financial adverts in 2024,...

New director for Linear Financial Solutions

Matt Surridge has been appointed as director of Linear Financial Solutions. Surridge (pictured) starts his...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network sees record growth

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has reported its strongest year to date, with...

Belleveue Mortlakes joins BDLA

Belleveue Mortlakes Chartered Surveyors has become the latest associate member of the Bridging &...

Aspen provides foreign applicant with £2.8m bridge

Aspen Bridging has completed a complex £2,815,000 residential purchase deal. The loan was to a...
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The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

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