Guarantor loans company anytypeofloan.co.uk has announced the appointment of two new members of staff.
Lauren Crilly has been appointed to the newly created role of Broker Liason Manager and Hayley Garcia has been recruited to develop affinity partnerships in the retail sector as Sales Development Manager.
These appointments will increase the staff numbers to 7 [...]

We have had confirmation that three new secured loan lenders will be launching in July / August this year.
We are not yet able to release details as we are under a press embargo but two of the lender principle’s are familiar names within the industry and the third lender is a relative newcomer although they [...]

Financial Services group Bibby has announced a  pre-tax profit of £19m and company growth of 24 per cent for 2009.
The company also reported that its client base had increased to 4,738, which is a 16 per cent rise on 2008, while its market share in the UK  increased to 8.1 per cent [...]

Brooks Macdonald, the fee-based adviser and asset management firm has agreed a £4m deal to purchase structured product and property group Braemar.
The 2.25p per share offer, which has been agreed by the Braemar board, is at a 63.6% premium to Braemar’s closing price last night.
Its Securities operation designs, promotes and manages [...]

Steve Gamage and Paul Cosh’s Sevenoaks-based Invicta Insurance Services has bought four more books of business, taking the total in the first three months to six.
The firm says more are in the pipeline. The four just bought include:
* Cranbrook-based London & Southern Securities, which comprises mainly high net worth and property [...]