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Pressure growing on line manager wellbeing

43% of line managers in UK businesses with more than 250 employees are managing...

Record Q1 for bridging lender

Aspen Bridging has reported its its strongest Q1 performance to date, completing a record...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and EY produce broker tax guide

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries and EY have worked together to produce an educational guide...

Equifax and Canopy look to bolster tenant credit scores

Equifax UK is expanding its partnership with rental platform, Canopy, to help tenants to...

Sirius Property Finance appoints senior associate

Sirius Property Finance has bolstered its investment team with the hiring of Kelly Rule...

Profits up at Castle Trust Bank

Castle Trust Bank has reported pre-tax profits of £3.6m, up from £0.8m, for the financial...

Invoice scams responsible for most SME business fraud

Businesses are being urged to stay vigilant when paying their bills or changing supplier,...

Lenders & housing associations: shared ownership set for growth

Shared ownership is growing but it does not have enough consumer awareness and understanding,...

2021 a record year for LV= individual protection payments

LV= paid record individual protection claims totalling over £119 million during 2021. The insurer supported...

FCA announces three senior appointments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed two new directors of authorisations as it...

Robert Owen joins Black & White Bridging as NED

Black & White Bridging has appointed Robert Owen to its board as non-executive director. Owen...

Widespread unawareness of tenants’ liability insurance

A significant amount of renters continue to be acutely vulnerable to financial loss due...

BestAdvice appoints special projects editor

Simon Read has joined BestAdvice as its special projects editor. Read (pictured) will initially be...

Shawbrook extends MyShawbrook portal to bridging

Shawbrook has extended its digital offering to now cover unregulated bridging with MyShawbrook Bridging. The...
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Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

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FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

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