So here we are, with half of 2019 already passed, “what happened there!!!” Anyhow if you can bear with me for the customary and possibly obvious warning. Although the information used for the table and this accompanying analysis were laser accurate at the time of compilation, retrospective changes may give rise to slight changes in individual entries. This doesn’t... Read More
In the US 80% of small businesses fail within the first 18 months. The UK’s figures aren’t quite so bad, with 20% failing in the first year and 30% in the second year. This is possibly due to less people taking the leap into independence over here maybe coupled to possible failure still being seen by some as having... Read More
I know it’s now March which is nowhere near the start of the year and I wasn’t actually going to write this article since the network recruitment performance figures for the 4th quarter of 2018 are already out there, however after a couple of requests from networks and several more from clients I have now done a 180 degree about turn that the... Read More
Your Business is Either Expanding or Contracting, It’s Never Stable! Read More
So that’s 2018 over now and what an interesting but scary year it was! My next article will cover the network recruitment results for the whole year, but first we have recruitment performance for the last quarter of the year, a period which included one of the most lacklustre budgets since………….Well, since the last budget. It appears that the... Read More
So here we are again looking at the recruitment efforts of our basket of mortgage networks, this time for the third quarter of 2018. As always, these figures, taken from the FCA register were correct on the day, however retrospective changes within the register can sometimes occur due to administrative errors and other issues. Again, as always selection of a... Read More
So we.re into the second quarter of 2018 now with the country in deep trouble from Brexit if you listen to some commentators or just on the verge of a glorious breakthrough if you listen to others. Two things that are for sure, we do live in interesting times and the mortgage market is up and down with the turbulence... Read More
Although about 80% of mortgage brokers who talk to us now charge a fee, there still seems to be some debate on the best way to pass this information on to a client. Whether or not to charge fees at all is still a very personal matter with some advisers fiercely opposed to it, whether on moral grounds “We... Read More
You might think some of these points are so obvious that they don’t need making but if 20 years experience in financial services has taught me anything it’s that nobody remembers everything, all of the time so even if you’re a genius, it’s worth spending 10 minutes looking through the list to see what it is you’ve let slip... Read More
I see the Local Government Association (LGA) have proposed that Rogue Landlords be fined a minimum of £30,000 for renting sub-standard homes. Now I’ve read the statistics and also seen harrowing cases which would on an individual basis easily justify this policy. However, if you drill down to the small print what they are actually asking for according to... Read More
