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Jonathan Rubins, director and chief commercial officer at Alternative Bridging Corporation, says a healthy appetite for commercial lending means there is less reason to tolerate a...

Jonathan Gee and Joseph Silva will develop the Bank's expansion into the materials handling finance sector.

The portfolio management team expands with the appointments of three new managers.

Luke Watson, director of intermediary sales and lending at Recognise Bank, explains why challenging conditions do not necessarily remove the appetite to grow.

The number of active semi-commercial term lenders reached 30 in Q3, up from 25 at the start of 2025.

Sarah started her career at Barclays Bank, before moving onto roles at Aldermore Bank, Close Brothers and Praetura Group.

Thompson spent almost two decades in senior roles at NatWest Markets, before joining Starling where he later became CEO of Fleet Mortgages.

Most recently, Simon spent nine years as head of sales at OSB Group, having previously held senior roles spanning lenders, intermediaries and building societies.

There are 148,400 semi-commercial properties in England & Wales, creating a sizeable specialist lending opportunity for brokers.

One in four brokers said they were currently finding it difficult to secure funding for their clients, up from 19% in Q1 and 11% in Q4 2025.