A bridge too Far


DATES FOR YOUR DIARY


15 september 2011 blemAin AwArds


22 september 2011 intermediAry mortgAge lenders AssociAtion dinner


16-17 november 2011 mortgAge business expo, olympia 2, London


Autumn 2011 FinAnciAl services Authority mortgAge mArket review consultation paper due


GOING PLACES


omni capital has seen a raft of personnel changes with the exit of chief executive paul munford and the entrance of colin sanders in his stead. sanders, formerly of money partners and igroup, brought in the respected team including pr veteran bob sturges and sales manager Jim nash. sanders, omni’s chief executive officer, said: “For lenders to succeed in the cur- rent environment, they need to reach the right decisions regarding their funding, products, processes and partners. but having the right people in place remains a fundamental requirement.”


west one has appointed Anita kirkbright as its new operations manager. she will oversee all aspects of west one’s productivity and efficiency from broker liaisons to legal and borrower communi- cations. she was previously with tiuta. the lender has also hired Jason Fantini as a business development manager with a remit to develop new broker rela- tionships outside of london. Fantini joined from london-based be- spoke bridging Finance and was previ- ously with barclays.


Five months after quitting tiuta and relo- cating to the states, former chief executive george patellis has emerged as a consul- tant to montello. he was brought on board to ready the lender for its forthcoming ap- plication to the FsA for regulated status.


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PLAYING THE NAME GAME it seems there are some people you just don’t want to get on the wrong side of – and we’re not talking fat slugs here. The Guardian newspaper reported last month of a disgruntled customer of Yorkshire bank who maybe took things a little bit too far after being charged £20 for a £10 overdraft. Michael Howard, 30, of Leeds was so offended by the


extra charge that he changed his name by deed poll to... Yorkshire bank PLc Are Fascist bastards. the bank, naturally, then asked him to close his


account. He duly did so but what they didn’t count on was


Mr bastards asking them to repay the 69p balance, by cheque, made out in his new name. Sweet.


BEEN HAD the Daily Mail reported last month that Sarah beeny, the presenter of channel 4’s restoration nightmares, ironically suffered her own restoration nightmare. the smug presenter that is often dishing out harsh


criticism to wannabe property developers on her show, reportedly forgot to get planning permission for her own development. the Daily Mail says that the presenter didn’t get planning permission when she transformed her home from a 97-room former convent ten years ago. Whoops.


this isn’t the bridge you’re looking For


guess where the bridge pictured is and win a box of beer courtesy of two bridges brewery. email your answer to: robyn@mortgageintroducer.com along with your address. First out of the hat wins.


congratulations to last month’s winner bill winters of newton Aycliffe.


where Am i ?


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