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Recognise Bank appoints commercial banking managing director

SME lender, Recognise Bank, has appointed Ian Workman as its managing director of commercial...

Tenet makes senior operations hire

Tenet Group has appointed Julie Woolmer as compliance operations director. Woolmer (pictured) joins from Quilter Financial...

Nationwide: house prices up 0.9% month-on-month

Annual house price growth remained strong in November at 10.0%, marginally higher than the...

UTB provides £1.5m planning gain facility

United Trust Bank (UTB) Structured Property Finance has provided a £1.5m planning gain facility...

Bibby Financial Services opens new central London office

Independent invoice financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), is opening a new central London office...

Three SimplyBiz events to close the year

SimplyBiz Mortgages is holding three ‘Showcase’ events, offering educational platform presentations from  industry leaders...

Minority report mental health condition to insurer

The pandemic has seen 47% of UK adults experience mental health challenges as people faced financial hardship,...

UK Moneyman partners with OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has been selected by mortgage advisory firm UK Moneyman as...

Number of remortgage completions continues to rise

LMS' latest Monthly Remortgage Snapshot, which shows remortgage market activity through October 2021, found an average monthly...

Consumer EPC knowledge worsens by age group

Just 24% of consumers know what the EPC rating on their property is, according...

Metro Bank increases maximum BTL LTV

Metro Bank has made a number of changes to its range of buy-to-let mortgages. It...

Major financial confidence gaps among 25-44 year-olds

Millennials are as unconfident in their ability to manage their finances as younger consumers...

Hanley’s CEO hails mutual’s “outstanding commercial performance”

Hanley Economic Building Society has reported growth for the year ending 31 August 2021,...

Paradigm launches ‘help fight hunger’ annual charity drive

Paradigm has launched its fourth annual ‘Reverse Advent’ charity drive, in aid of 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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