The Right Mortgage & Protection Network (TRM) has appointed Robyn Truslove as its new mortgage development manager. She will be responsible for delivering mortgage support to TRM member firms, including building and maintaining relationships, supporting advisers and improving the mortgage proposition. Truslove brings more than five years’ experience in protection and business development to the role, joining from The Right Advice, where she worked as a mortgage and protection specialist. It comes as TRM has also announced a restructuring of its national account managers, introducing a three-region model. The regions will be led by Chelsea Kiefert, overseeing the South West, Wales, and the Midlands; Kim Lissner, managing the South East; and Jaydn Rigley, responsible for Scotland, Northern Ireland, the North, and North West.

Nottingham Building Society has announced a series of updates to its residential and foreign national lending criteria. As part of the changes, the specialist lender has reduced the income threshold required to access its 5.5 times income multiple from £85,000 to £60,000 gross income, including across joint applications. In addition, borrowers starting new employment will no longer be subject to meeting the minimum amount of time in job requirement. These changes are coupled with interest rates cuts of up to 0.21% on residential products. Furthermore, The Nottingham has expanded its foreign national proposition by extending access to international credit data through its partnership with Nova Credit. Credit can now be sourced from Ukraine and South Africa, taking the number of supported countries to 15.

Vanessa Hunt has been appointed as head of sales at Hanley Economic Building Society. She brings more than a decade of experience across the mortgage and financial services sector, after spending three years at Harpenden Building Society, most recently as key account manager. Prior to this, Hunt worked as a mortgage and protection consultant at Countrywide Mortgage Services. In her new role, she will oversee the society’s sales strategy, drive improvements to lending processes and strengthen connections across the broker community. Her remit also includes further developing Hanley’s criteria and flexibility within its lending and risk framework.

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