Just Mortgages has expanded its self-employed management team by appointing Alex Clifford as its area director for the Midlands and South West. He brings over 18 years of financial services and residential property sales experience to the role, joining from Countrywide where he served as mortgage service sales manager for three years. Clifford began his career at an independent estate agency before moving to Connells as branch manager. As part of his new role, he will work across the region to mentor self-employed brokers and support their day-to-day operations, all while helping them shape business plans and explore growth opportunities.

conveybuddy is today celebrating its one-year anniversary, with ongoing growth in broker registrations and users, an expanding panel of law firms and funds raised for its three charity partners. The conveyancing distributor provides a tech-enabled panel management services supported by over 80 years of combined conveyancing distribution expertise. Since its launch, conveybuddy has grown to over 2,500 registered broker users, with July and August representing record months for registrations. On the supply side, conveybuddy has welcomed three new law firms to the platform over the past few months, bringing the number up to 14 and further enhancing choice for brokers and their clients across a range of property transaction types.

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has launched a new, free cashflow modeller tool for adviser members. The tool has been developed internally by Rosemount and will give advisers the ability to provide clients with personalised reports to outline the financial futures. The tool allows advisers to produce branded reports, which incorporates the adviser firm’s logo and its primary branding colours. The cashflow modeller, which is free to use for its network members, is available through Rosemount’s adviser platform, which launched earlier this year. It has been upgraded based on adviser feedback, offering a hub for accessing tools, documents and business intelligence.

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