Opinions & blogs

Keep long-term care in the spotlight

No sooner had I expressed my concerns in my last monthly column that long-term...

The tech revolution on the high street

From buying coffee to internet banking, online activity has a major role to play...

DAs could switch to AR status in 2013

Much of the media in December is dominated by reviews of the year and...

The importance of local

The demise of the British high street has been well documented in recent years,...

Peer-to-peer regulation is boost for innovation in lending

The Treasury last week announced that peer-to-peer (P2P) lending will fall under the Financial...

We can’t ignore the social care crisis

After all the column inches the Dilnot Commission’s White Paper garnered back in the...

Crosby: Lest we forget

Given how deeply the global financial crisis impacted – and continues to impact –...

Innovation in shared equity

Shared equity is starting to play a really useful part of getting people on...

Rogue trading still alive

Of all the catastrophes banks have faced in recent years, the news of £1.4bn...

Post-RDR, differentiation is key

I recently attended the Personal Finance Society’s Conference in Birmingham which was a useful...

Technology key to equity release marketing

In today’s technology savvy times, companies can ill afford to not have a web...

What now for interest only?

The announcement around the MMR, rather than clearing up the interest only situation, has...

Confidence is returning – or is that just pants?

Economists use various different barometers to try and predict when markets are entering or...

Opportunities across the pond

With signs that the housing market in the USA is bottoming out at last,...
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COMMENT

Analysis

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Latest news

Housing

UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...
legal

MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...
News

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...
banks

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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