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SimplyBiz Mortgages teams up with Twenty7Tec

SimplyBiz Mortgages has partnered with Twenty7Tec Group to offer its club members access to the Twenty7Tec...

Together features in Top Track 250

Together has been included in The Sunday Times/Grant Thornton Top Track 250 for 2016,...

Together announces new £375m bond

Specialist lender Together has closed a £375m bond issuance, which will increase its funding capacity. The new...

CSF partners with LendInvest to fund renovation

LendInvest has completed its first case with Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF). The specialist distributor's client...

Bridging packager sees 30-40% business uplift

First 4 Bridging says it has seen a 30-40% increase in broker enquiries on bridging...

Warning sounded over limited company BTL tax liabilities

The audience at last week's Association of Short Term Lenders' (ASTL) annual conference heard tax adviser...

Bridging back in business after referendum

Gross annual bridging lending increased to £4.4bn in July following the Brexit vote, with...

Bridging lender sentiment returns

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has revealed that sentiment amongst bridging lenders...

Appointments at United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has made two appointments in its specialised mortgages division. Robert Owen, currently...

Record results for Together

Together has posted record pre-tax profits £90.3m for the year ending 30 June 2016, an...

New ASTL executive committee

Members of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) have appointed a new executive...

New high for SME lending

Small business lending hit an all-time high over the past 12 months, according to...

Funding 365 appoints sales director

Bridging lender Funding 365 has added Paul Weitzkorn to its team as sales director. He joins from Goldman Sachs,...

The buy-to-let Bank of Mum and Dad

We’ve all seen the importance of that venerable ‘institution’, the Bank of Mum and...

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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