I’m sure we all know that person who has an answer for everything. They turn up for the pub quiz convinced that every subject is their specialist one and that every response they offer is correct and beyond reproach. Yet they never seem to win the quiz for some...

As a business, we’ve spent well over 20 years working with brokers to support them in a variety of specialist markets and a large proportion of this work commences way before we actually get to see any of these cases. This revolves around establishing relationships...

Fees and general outgoings are at the forefront of all our minds during a time when it feels like additional financial burdens are being placed on us left, right and centre from both a personal and business standpoint. Value remains at the heart of many of these cost...

Press release – Friday 2 June 2023 Envelop, one of the UK’s leading packagers and networks, has announced two promotions within its senior management team to fill the newly created positions of managing director and head of operations. Donna Wells has been appointed...

The bridging sector is certainly off to a flying start in 2023. This was apparent in the latest Bridging Trends report which saw bridging lenders transact a record-breaking £278.8 million worth of bridging loans during the first quarter of 2023. This represented a...

Press release – 16 May 2023 The Envelop Network has announced the addition of Bank of Ireland to its lending panel. This panel addition will provide Envelop Network members with access to Bank of Ireland’s extensive and competitive range of residential and buy-to-let...

Neil Nisbet, Business Development Manager, Midlands at Envelop What locations and how many advisers and broker firms do you cover in your role? I am Midlands-based and I cover over 200 brokerages. What personal talent/skill is most valuable in doing your job? My main...

Donna Wells, Director at Envelop We are now well into a period where, historically speaking at least, activity levels across the housing market have tended to increase with mainstream purchase business largely dominating. The nature of the UK housing market means that...

The intermediary community has always been adept at embracing change and evolving to maintain longevity from a business perspective and in delivering solutions which match their clients ever-changing requirements. Following a period which generated a rising tide of...

Bridging and buy-to-let have always had a strong relationship but, historically speaking, I’m not sure they have ever reached the Ant and Dec levels. Although if they had, I’m pretty sure that BTL would be on the left. However, with the BTL sector moving in an...