57% say they’d like to enhance their compliance processes to use AI for the provision of suitable advice in the future.

The rules aim to strengthen the resilience of the services that critical third parties provide to firms.

Over 400 co-signatories of an open letter to the Chancellor have called for "smarter regulation that better protects and serves consumers and small businesses".

Tunney will lead development of operations and customer service for the specialist lender.

The estate agent expects London to start outperforming other regions for the first time since 2015.

38% expect a downturn in the broader economy and more than 1 in 6 foresee looming financial difficulty for their clients.

Industry experts predict further reductions in the months ahead but say the Budget may slow the pace of future cuts.

A typical property now costs £293,999, surpassing the previous peak set in June 2022.

Examples include dishonest sales practices, the hiding of important information from consumers or investors, or dishonest practices in financial markets.  

Markets in the North are expected to see the strongest acceleration in growth, by up to 29%.