Stonebridge and The Mortgage Shop have announced a renewed partnership with a long-term deal.

The Mortgage Shop is a Belfast-based mortgage advice firm that has 50 advisers in 23 locations across Northern Ireland.

Stonebridge is an independent mortgage and protection network with over 1,300 advisers.

The new agreement will see The Mortgage Shop remain part of the Stonebridge network as an appointed representative firm.

Managing director at The Mortgage Shop, Siobhan McAleer, said: "It was an easy decision to renew our partnership with Stonebridge. In our market, strong relationships count for a great deal, and the one we have built with Stonebridge has undoubtedly helped us in many ways, and we envisage will help us on the next stage of our growth journey.

"The history we have with the Stonebridge team would be hard to replicate, given the support they provide to the business, and the trust we have in their ability to do right by us and to ensure we have access to everything we need."

Chief executive at Stonebridge, Rob Clifford, added: "We are delighted to announce the continuation of our relationship with TMS and to our mind, this shows the strength of our proposition and our ability to work in partnership with our AR member firms to help them thrive.

"TMS has grown successfully, along with Stonebridge, from those very early days into one of the top advisory firms in the UK and to become our largest AR firm. What makes this partnership special is the ambitions of both businesses to continue their sector- leading positions."

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