In addition to the new specialist lending panel, PMS and Sesame members also have access to two existing referral services for equity release business from Age Partnership and Key Partnerships, along with a self-build support packaging option from Buildloan.

West served two terms as a board director of the Association of Short-Term lenders (ASTL) between 2015-2019 and has held senior roles at lenders such as GE Capital.

Avamore Capital has appointed Tirath Singh as regional originator for the Midlands, ahead of a tranche of hires due across all departments

The lender’s products will be available to brokers registered with Knowledge Bank’s platform, which has more than 125,000 individual criteria, and lists products from upwards of 250 lenders across the UK.

The measures aim to ensure renters continue to be protected, while still allowing landlords to access justice and protection from rent arrears.

Alternative security short-term lender Suros Capital has provided a loan to an existing customer and SME owner secured against his luxury watch collection.

The bank has also upped its commercial mortgage maximum loan size from £3m to £5m.

The lender was approached in February by Steve Rodrigues, head of broker partner Five Finance, whose client was seeking a refinance of their portfolio consisting of 58 properties across the South East of London.

The lender offers these products across three core parts of its range – standard, limited company and HMO/MUBs up to six-bedroom/units.

Black & White Bridging is the recently rebranded intermediary face of long-term bridging lender, Bath & West Finance.