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Bridging market still seeing 25% annual growth

The latest West One Bridging Index has found that the UK bridging market...

First 4 Bridging appoints managing director

Master broker First 4 Bridging has recruited Lorenzo Satchell as its new managing director. He...

New P2P personal asset lender unveiled

Unbolted, an online-only peer-to-peer lending platform that lets consumers use their high-value personal assets...

Do bridging lenders earn a fair reward for the risks they take?

Bridging and short term finance is effectively project facilitating capital, and not funding to...

Smart Money moves into bridging finance

Smart Money will be adding full bridging support for intermediaries to its services from...

Vantage Finance appoints head of sales

Vantage Finance has recruited Tim Bennett as its new head of sales. The packager says...

Wilkins Kennedy LLP joins the ASTL

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has recruited another new associate member, Wilkins...

ASTL: bridging loans exceed £2bn during 2014

The Association of Short Term Lenders’ (ASTL) latest quarterly figures on the size of...

Capital Bridging steps in to finance office block purchase

Capital Bridging Finance has provided a loan of £3.2m to purchase an office block...

Jerrold Holdings extends and expands securitisation facility

Jerrold Holdings, Blemain's parent, has extended its revolving securitisation programme, while also increasing...

UTB completes £7.5m City bridging loan

United Trust Bank has completed a £7.5m short term bridging loan for...

Shawbrook sees improvement in STL turnaround times

Shawbrook Bank has reported an improvement in turnaround times and efficiency in October for...

Bridging lender takes over competitor

Capital Bridging Finance has acquired Mayfair Bridging. Mayfair will continue to operate under its own...

Brokers expect bigger bridging market

66% of brokers surveyed by United Trust Bank expect the market for bridging...

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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...

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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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