Openwork has added Metro Bank on to its lender panel.

Metro Bank’s full product range of mortgages is now available to Openwork’s mortgage advisers.

The addition of Metro Bank takes Openwork’s panel to 27 UK lenders.

“I am very pleased to have Metro Bank join the Openwork panel,” said Paul Shearman, proposition director at Openwork.

“We manage our panel with the aim of ensuring every one of our chosen lenders adds real value to our advisers and their clients and I am sure this will be the case with Metro Bank. Of all of the challenger banks, it is clearly winning and not only building a powerful brand, but also a strong reputation for bespoke underwriting and client servicing.

“Openwork is seeing very significant growth across the UK, but particularly amongst our firms in London and the South. Having a lender very much focused on this market and the needs of clients living within it will be hugely valuable.”