Apps are becoming an integrated part of our everyday life. Personally, I rely on apps for everything from reading the news, keeping in touch with friends and family and planning trips on public transport.

Many markets are driven by social influence – the way we feel, think and act is strongly influenced by what other people say and do.

In a more optimistic atmosphere, there are few signs of any increasing appetite for external finance among small and medium businesses.

That is, if relations between the White House and Capitol Hill about budgets don’t deteriorate and nothing gets worse in the Ukraine, South China Sea, the Arabian Gulf and so on. It was ever thus.

From late April, virtually all interactive mortgage sales (involving a face-to-face or phone conversation with a borrower) will have to be on an advised basis.

1.1 million interest-only mortgages appeared to be ticking time bombs according to Mortgage Achilles

Until a recent eye-opening experience, I’d never thought it made much difference to book via an OTA or via the brand’s own website, at least from the customer’s point of view.

A third of landlords are planning to take on additional rental properties and increase the size of their portfolio in the next year.

Take a look at our Infographic on Mortgage Intermediaries.

We’ve all read the private rental horror stories about rogue practices by landlords that bring the wider sector into disrepute.

The role of bank finance and SMEs’ access to funding has returned to the media spotlight recently.

Austin Court, one of the IET’s venues in Birmingham, has been named No.1 Venue Overall in the VenueVerdict awards.