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Atom bank provides £1m commercial loan to classic car restoration specialist

Atom bank has provided a £1m commercial loan for Hampshire-based classic cars restoration and...

Advise Wise extends legal reach to Scotland

Advise Wise has announced a significant expansion of its legal hub with the addition...

Paradigm bolsters CPD Test Zone with new cybersecurity module

Paradigm has announced the addition of a new Cybersecurity test module on its CPD...

‘Emerging’ finance firms increasingly falling victim to financial crime

Over one-third of firms in emerging finance sectors admit that they have been a...

Crystal Specialist Finance hires two telephone account managers

Crystal Specialist Finance has expanded its sales team with the appointment of two new...

HTB hires BDM for the Midlands

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Annie Crust as business development...

Banks “appear to be retreating” from lending to SMEs

43% of UK SMEs say their need for external finance has increased compared to...

The Loan Partnership refreshed brand

Specialist finance broker The Loan Partnership has unveiled its rebrand, in a move it...

Pure Retirement improves adviser application journey

Pure Retirement has launched an online application journey, with an enhanced online form designed...

OMS appoints head of marketing

One Mortgage System (OMS) has appointed Jodie Andrews as head of marketing. Andrews (pictured)...

Roma Finance secures new funding facility with Cambridge BS

Roma Finance has announced a new £120m lending facility with the Cambridge Building Society. The...

Clydesdale Bank unveils rate reductions and new deals

Clydesdale Bank is reducing selected products tomorrow (Thursday 12 October). It is also launching new fixed...

The Loans Engine partners with four lenders

The Loans Engine has announced new partnerships with four lenders. The quartet are Octopus Real...

GRiD updates Statement of Best Practice for Supplier Agreements

GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector, has revised, improved, and relaunched...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let and the next generation of landlords

There has been plenty of discussion recently about the future of buy-to-let, whether landlords can continue to make their investments work, and what the...

Growth can hide a lot – until it stops

Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common. One thing in particular: growth can hide...

Nobody wants your ‘market update’

You sent the same email on Monday that everyone else sent. Moneyfacts had just put the average five-year fix at 6%, the first time in...

The industry needs to support Shared Ownership

This week, I want to put the spotlight on Shared Ownership. It deserves to be treated as a genuinely viable route onto the ladder,...

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

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Expat buy-to-let rates rise sharply for lower-LTV borrowers

British expatriate landlords with larger deposits are facing higher mortgage rates than borrowers with...

Commonhold reform faces practical challenges over finance and building management

The introduction of commonhold as an alternative to leasehold will require significant preparation across...

Family BS reduces fixed mortgage pricing for landlords and homeowners

Family Building Society has cut rates across its two-year fixed mortgage range by up...

Sprive records ninefold rise in shoppers as mortgage cashback spending reaches £185m

Mortgage cashback app Sprive has reported a sharp increase in customer activity, with shoppers...

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