17/04/2006  Bibby Financial Services Business cash flow provider, Bibby Financial Services, has announced the appointment of Jason Fenton as business development manager for Northern Ireland and Richard McGrath as sales manager in Surrey...

17/04/2006  Commercial property opens its doors Public interest in commercial property investment has soared in recent years and is expected to increase further according to the latest annual commercial property forecast The Royal Institution of C...

17/04/2006  FSA to consult on ending audit requirements for ARs Proposals to remove statutory audit requirements for appointed representatives moved a step closer this week The FSA has released a consultation paper proposing to remove the statutory audit requir...

05/04/2006  secured loans BestAdvice.net understands Kensington Mortgages is set to launch into the second charge mortgage market. BestAdvice.net has been informed that Simon Hanlon from GE has joined Kensington to head its...

20/03/2006  Gross mortgage lending The latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders shows that gross mortgage lending totalled £21.8bn in February. This figure, a record for February, was down by 5% on January's £23bn of lending...

20/03/2006  Retail sales growth slows down in February The underlying rate of retail sales growth slowed further in February following a relatively weak January. This contrasts with a period of increasing growth seen towards the end of 2005 The volume ...

17/03/2006  Housing market on path to recovery The housing market recovery gathered pace in February, according to the latest market survey published today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Growth is concentrated in London ...

14/03/2006  BURDENS ON UK BUSINESSES NOW TOPS £50 BILLION The cost to business of major regulations introduced since 1998 has risen to over £50 billion, according to new figures released today from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The 'Burdens Baro...

14/03/2006  criminal scams Small firms are being warned by their trade body to be on ‘red alert’ following a false business directory scam The Forum of Private Business, FPB, urged small firms to be vigilant after a Swiss-ba...

14/03/2006  factoring Claims that banks are pressurising their SMEs customers into taking factoring with them have been denied by the major clearers Barclays and HSBC bank have refuted claims by independent factoring fi...

13/03/2006  British public predict 0.8% rise in house prices There has been a dramatic turnaround in sentiment with the British public now predicting a 0.8% rise in house prices, says the latest quarterly MoneySavingExpert.com House Price Consumer Confidence In...

13/03/2006  buy to let Over 81% of investors believe the buy-to-let market will provide good returns, reveals research commissioned by The Homebuyer Show. The recent poll, which surveyed more than 1,000 property investor...

13/03/2006  Finance firms failing to fully embrace web, says Google Consumer finance firms are failing to take into account consumers’ growing reliance on the internet to research financial products, services and information, says Google. The findings come from a m...

13/03/2006  MPLC enhances standard lending criteria Mortgages plc has made a number of enhancements to its standard lending criteria, the first changes to be implemented following a series of introducer feedback forums which have been held across the c...

13/03/2006  review fixed mortgage deals MoneyExpert.com is urging the 970,000 plus home owners who took out fixed-rate mortgages two years ago to review their loans now or risk overpaying. Research shows average fixed-rate mortgages in 2...

13/03/2006  FSB condemns European Court The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) warned that the European Court judgement on the Working Time Directive will lead to a large increase in red tape for firms The FSB reacted with dismay to th...

09/03/2006  Rate hold The Bank of England's decision to hold interest rates at 4.5% has been welcomed by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The broader economic environment is showing good signs of improvement...

11/01/2005  Increase in house prices in the North Wales and the North are set to become the new hot spot areas for price increases in 2005. Regeneration and investment opportunities in cities such as Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester have already ...

11/01/2005  No place for MIG say borrowers 85% of borrowers believe that it is unacceptable for mortgage lenders to expect customers to pay a higher lending charge (formerly known as mortgage indemnity guarantee or MIG), according to research ...

10/01/2005  US INTEREST RATES REMAIN STEADY Last year I said we shouldn't read too much into the mention of rate cuts by some members of the MPC in the most recent minutes. And in the first month of 2005, we find ourselves saying the same thi...

10/01/2005  Credit Cards -- What You Should Know There are a lot of questions about using credit cards. Here's some important points for you: A quick look around on the Internet this morning shows that more than 9 million people in the UK do not ...