Regulation

FSCS opens door to Honister Capital clients

Certain claims previously rejected against Honister Capital can now be reconsidered. Honister Capital, which includes...

FCA to review insurance claims handling

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to conduct a thematic review of claims handling...

AMI sees advice as being more crucial than ever

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has published its latest Quarterly Economic Bulletin which...

APFA urges member action over FCA budget

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has issued a call to action to...

Payday lenders “not standing by their word”

Payday lenders are failing to carry out checks to make sure borrowers can afford...

Firms reveal expectations of new regulator

The FCA Practitioner Panel has published the results of its survey of regulated firms,...

Gillingham broker to face trial for fraud

A former mortgage broker this week appeared at Medway Magistrates Court in relation to...

RICS wants compulsory regulation of estate agents

Nearly one-third of first time buyers admit they do not have a good understanding...

TMA to provide free compliance information

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) is set to provide free compliance help and information to...

New chair for Consumer Panel

Sue Lewis has been appointed the new chair of the independent Financial Services Consumer...

New EU mortgage rules backed by deVere UK

The new EU rules for mortgages provide improved protection for consumers, but regulators need...

CML unruffled by EU Mortgage Credit Directive agreement

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed the Irish Presidency's announcement that agreement...

Bristol and West loses multimillion pound tax avoidance ploy

Bristol and West has lost an attempt at Tax Tribunal to avoid paying around...

UCIS director disqualified by Insolvency Service

Wasim Minhas, director of Plateau Development and Land Limited, a company that illegally sold...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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