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May 3, 2024

Q&A: Katrina Newberry, Portfolio Administrator

We sat down with Portfolio Administrator Katrina Newberry to hear about her career journey at LendInvest as part of the development finance team. What inspired you to pursue a career in property finance? I previously worked for a company that dealt with managing short-term rental properties and investment properties for landlords. I wanted to pursue...

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January 4, 2024

Q&A: John Pointer, Relationship Manager

John Pointer has recently joined the Development Finance team as Relationship Manager. In our latest Q&A, we chat to John about his new role and what the future holds for him at LendInvest Capital.   Can you provide some insights into your professional background and experience before joining LendInvest? I have an extensive career in...

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July 4, 2023

Mortgage Technology – to build or buy?

The mortgage industry has seen significant technological advancement and transformation in recent years, and June’s Mortgage Tech Meetup focused on exploring the key considerations faced by professionals when it comes to choosing between building their own technology or adopting existing solutions. The panel hosted by Maria Harris – Director at Digital Cat, included Joy Abisaab...

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June 13, 2023

Behind the Scenes: 10 Questions with… Waqar Khan

Waqar joined LendInvest in April 2022 as our Business Development Manager for the North West. Waqar builds and maintains relationships with mortgage brokers and intermediaries in the region, introducing our product range across Residential mortgages, Buy to Lets, Bridging and Development finance. We asked Waqar 10 questions to understand more about his life outside of...

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June 13, 2023

Behind the scenes: 10 questions with… Alan Gemmell

For our fourth post in the Behind the Scenes series, we are learning more about Alan Gemmell, BTL Team Leader – Post Offer. Alan joined LendInvest almost a year ago in our Glasgow office, following previous mortgage experience with Tesco Bank and Virgin Money. We asked Alan 10 questions to understand more about his life...

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June 1, 2023

My LendInvest Journey…with Paige Archer

Continuing our new feature on the LendInvest blog, we are looking at a few of the journeys that people have taken in their careers with LendInvest. Internal progression is something that we are really proud of, with individuals often moving upwards and across into different departments as LendInvest constantly evolves as a business. This week...

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June 1, 2023

LendInvest-Mind Partnership 2022/23

Over the last few years, LendInvest has worked with a chosen charity partner for each financial year. Last year we partnered with Mind, the mental health charity providing advice and support across the UK for those experiencing a mental health problem. In order to raise funds for Mind, we arranged several events with LendInvest employees...

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May 26, 2023

My LendInvest Journey… with Ruby Harvey

As a new feature on the blog, we are looking at a few of the journeys that people have taken throughout their careers at LendInvest. Internal progression is something that we are really proud of, with individuals often moving upwards and across into different departments as LendInvest evolves as a business. This week we are...

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May 23, 2023

Travel Diaries – a debrief of our latest trip to Singapore

By Harry Hall, Director of Fundraising and Sam Woodward, Investor Relations and Fundraising Manager Sam and I work within the Funds team, the asset management unit within LendInvest. Our role is to raise capital for the funds business from investors around the globe. These can include pension schemes, insurers, private wealth managers and fund of...

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May 19, 2023

Learning at LendInvest

by Emma Kelson, Learning & Development Manager This week is learning at work week so there’s nothing more fitting than sharing the importance of learning and development at LendInvest. Over the last few years we have built a strong learning culture across the business by celebrating successes, sharing knowledge, introducing new learning technologies and opening...

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