So first of all, let me apologise for the delay in publishing this quarters figures, nevertheless they may be late but they’re here now. As you can see, the table shows a modest growth of 38 (0.71%) in the basket of networks used for the compilation. As always, I should point out that the information for Jul/Aug/Sept as presented in... Read More
As a small or medium sized mortgage broker or financial adviser the quote “nothing is nothing” which has been variously attributed to Beckett, Molloy and Shakespeare is far more than just another insignificant saying. The phrase has been used more recently in advertising by an Japanese electronics company and a motor manufacturer, but actually is far more important in... Read More
Often when we think of businesses giving to charity we think of big business, like Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon who gave away $2 billion last year or Microsoft and the Bill Gates Foundation giving a paltry $150 million. But the fact is that supporting local charities and worthy causes can also be a good thing for small... Read More
With lenders sometimes seeming to strike brokers from their panels for very little reason and no effective means of appeal for the unfortunate advisers it’s getting more and more important to check out any new introducers in as much depth as you can. This was brought graphically to my notice when Which Network had a call from a broker (let’s... Read More
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
