Manufacturing Marketing Platform Secures £500,000 Seed Round Investment from Blackfinch Ventures
MARTECH3D, the 3D marketing and sales platform for B2B manufacturers, has received £500,000 in seed round investment from Blackfinch Ventures to support their next stage of growth. The funding will enable them to immediately double the size of their team to increase...
Financial advice firm, Net-Worth NTWRK, celebrates 10th birthday
Newcastle-under-Lyme-based financial services firm, Net-Worth NTWRK, is this week celebrating its 10th birthday. The wealth manager, launched in 2013, is run by CEO Wes Wilkes and his sister, Amy Johnson, who is Managing Partner.Originally launched as Iron Market,...
PRIMIS Mortgage Network comments on UK Finance Household Finance Review
As today’s UK Finance Household Finance Review statistics show mortgage activity being propped up by remortgaging, Vikki Jefferies, Proposition Director at PRIMIS Mortgage Network has commented. She said: “After a turbulent Q4 2022, today’s figures show sustained...
Halifax May House Price Index – reaction from estate agents, brokers and conveyancers
Following the Halifax May house price index published this morning, mortgage and property specialists have reacted. Jamie Minors, managing director at Norwich-based estate agents, Minors & Brady: “Though the annual rate of house price growth is in the...
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The Final Countdown: IFA Magazine’s June edition is live now
Welcome to the June edition of IFA Magazine. As regular readers are probably aware, your friendly Editor is rather partial to a song title for this column. Mind you, although this particular song isn’t exactly a favourite of mine, I feel that its title does resonate...
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GBI 38 | Tax Year End | April 2023
We are delighted to welcome you to the latest issue of GBI Magazine. Yes tax year end is approaching and we know how busy our readers are so with that in mind we’ve brought you a selection of articles that are timely and topical. Jack Rose of Triple Point talks...
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Investment Platform Research: Annual Report 2023 available now
We are delighted to present the latest in our IFA Annual Report Series, the Platform Research Report 2023. The report provides a detailed look at the platform market with key information provided by AKG, Synaptic Software and Defaqto. In order to provide as wide...
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Capita Cyber Attack: A Wake-Up Call for the Pensions industry
Written by Melanie Hart, a partner specialising in cyber-response and data breach disputes at law firm Kingsley Napley LLP The pensions indu...
The Final Countdown: IFA Magazine’s June edition is live now
Welcome to the June edition of IFA Magazine. As regular readers are probably aware, your friendly Editor is rather partial to a song title f...
HSBC Life: Advisers Warn Financial Planning Is Becoming Harder
More than two out of three advisers believe financial planning has become harder over the past five years as tax changes combine with politi...
Podcast #43: Advisers warn financial planning is getting harder: with HSBC Life’s Mark Lambert
There’s been some interesting new adviser research out today from HSBC Life (UK) Limited, carried out in association with consulta...
Gender pension gap statistics ‘vital first step’ to tackling ‘profound inequalities’ in pensions – Laura Myers, LCP
Today’s publication by the Government of the first official figures on the gender pension gap has been welcomed by LCP partner Laura Myers a...
Chartered Insurance Institute listed in UK’s 10 Largest Professional Bodies
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Almost a quarter of the UK’s largest listed employers have improved their performance on workplace mental health overall in the past year, a...
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Wealth management platform records sector record-breaking growth
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Halifax May House Price Index – reaction from estate agents, brokers and conveyancers
Following the Halifax May house price index published this morning, mortgage and property specialists have reacted. Jamie Minors, managing d...
