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Sort Legal receives Top SME Apprenticeship Employer award

Derby-based law firm, Sort Legal, has been ranked 24th in the Top 50 SME...

Sort Group appoints group managing director

Sort Group has announced the appointment of Keith Ahmed as group managing director. Ahmed (pictured)...

Time Finance provides asset financing facility to precision engineering firm

Time Finance is supported precision engineering firm, DARL Engineering, with a £58,500 asset finance...

FFML appoints commercial director

Freedom Finance Mortgages Ltd (FFML) has announced the promotion of Gareth Wallace to commercial...

Assetz Capital finances Bedfordshire barn conversion

Assetz Capital has announced a development exit deal in partnership with Healdan, a property...

Nationwide Building Society now available on Iress’s Lender Connect

Iress has announced that Nationwide is live on Iress’ Lender Connect and is the...

Standard Life Home Finance joins finova panel

Equity release lender, Standard Life Home Finance has become the 85th lender to join...

MagiClick agrees new Foundation Home Loans contract

MagiClick UK has announced its new partnership with specialist intermediary lender, Foundation Home Loans. The...

Together appoints group chief operating officer

Specialist lender Together has appointed John Barker as the group’s chief operating officer. In his...

Clever Lending completes 85% refurb loan for auction purchase

Clever Lending has recently secured an 85% loan to value (LTV) bridging facility worth...

HTB completes first Sirius bridging case in three weeks

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided the funding for the refinancing of a semi-commercial...

The Exeter unveils new income protection features

The Exeter has announced the addition of two new features to its Income First...

Legal & General updates Ignite adviser platform

Legal & General has launched its refreshed mortgage research and sourcing platform, Legal &...

Saffron BS revamps lending criteria

Saffron Building Society has made major changes to its mortgage lending criteria. The changes being...

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The two-year fix isn’t advice. It’s a diary entry

5.98%. That was the average two-year fix on 5 October, according to Moneyfacts, the highest since mid-December 2023. The average five-year fix: 6.00%. On those...

Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a house deposit, with a 25% government bonus on eligible savings...

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...

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Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a...

Employers struggle to engage staff with financial wellbeing support

Only 12% of employees have used financial wellbeing support provided by their employer, despite...

Defaqto extends Matrix 360 to protection and wealth providers

Defaqto has broadened its Matrix 360 market intelligence platform to cover wealth management and...

Marshall and Cooke join Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

Mortgage’s Got Talent has added two more industry names to its judging panel, with...

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