News in brief - 11 November 2025

Zephyr Homeloans has made rate reductions to its standard mortgage range. Across its range, the buy-to-let lender’s two-year standard mortgage fix is available from 2.39% at up to 75% LTV. Furthermore, its five-year fix starts from 4.34% at 75% LTV. Both products come with a 7% fee.

PKF Littlejohn Advisory has launched a new dedicated tax arrears solutions service to help businesses to agree affordable repayment plans through HMRC’s ‘Time to Pay’ regime. The service is available to all organisations struggling to keep up to date with its tax obligations. The PKF Littlejohn team will manage the Time to Pay process on behalf of businesses by conducting an assessment of their VAT, PAYE, National Insurance and Corporation Tax indebtedness, and of its future trading prospects in order to meet a sustainable repayment plan with HMRC. The solution will be led from the firm’s Manchester office, which has recently expanded its team with the addition of three new partners and a director.

Movera has created a new dedicated Know Your Client (KYC) team to manage source of funds processing and streamline the property transaction process for its conveyancers within the ONP Solicitors and Cavendish brands. The home moving brand said that by introducing a team to manage KYC, money laundering and source of funds, its source of funds checks can be started immediately and will run simultaneously to the other elements of the process. Movera said that each member of the team has been hired for their extensive experience in the financial sector and understanding of the due diligence required to perform the source of funds role effectively.



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