Shawbrook Bank’s commercial mortgage team has welcomed over a hundred brokers to its annual Broker Partner Day series.

This year, there were two separate events in London and Derby.

In addition to an opening presentation by deputy CEO & managing director of property finance Stephen Johnson, along with other Shawbrook directors, each Partner Day focused on a series of interactive workshops as well as opportunities to network with brokers and Shawbrook team members.

The opening presentation offered Shawbrook Broker Partners an insight into some of the vital issues affecting them and their clients today, covering a range of topical issues including:

• The fallout from the EU Referendum, changes to stamp duty and interest rate relief, as well as the recommendations from the PRA’s Consultation into buy-to-let standards
• An exploration of sentiment for the buy-to-let, short term and commercial markets, in addition to rental trends and the wider economic outlook
• Key service delivery statistics and information on how the Shawbrook Commercial teams are evolving to suit the needs of brokers’ clients

Shawbrook said the core aim of the Partner Day series was one of education, with Broker Partners given an open and interactive forum to ask questions, air grievances, and suggest improvements.

Emma Cox (pictured), sales director for commercial at Shawbrook, said: “We are keen to continue the annual tradition of the Partner Days and, having spoken with a number of the brokers across both the London and Derby events, they are considered a valuable opportunity to learn more about how Shawbrook works and to take advantage of our views on the market and economy.

“We are firm believers in opening the doors to our business, ensuring full transparency and the development of long standing relationships between our team members and Broker Partners. It is these relationships that underpin our proposition and one of the many reasons our appetite to lend in this market remains so strong.”