Edward Payne, ex-regional sales manager for the south at Bank of Ireland has launched two broker firms, Clifton Mortgages and Familyfirstfinance.co.uk, a specialist broker targeting family lending needs.
After four years at Bank of Ireland, Payne launched the two Bristol-based brands last month, a mainstream and protection brokerage Clifton Mortgages and Familyfirstfinance.co.uk, both appointed representatives of network Julian Harris.
‘Family is everything’
Director Payne’s mission statement on the Familyfirstfinance.co.uk website explained: “Family is everything to me and I will make sure that I am able to advise you and your family on the best options and the best solution for your needs.”
He added: “There is a huge opportunity and need for advisers to help deal with the challenge of rising property prices, people living for longer and helping people to access the value in their homes.
“Hopefully the experience I’ve gained over the past 20 years will put me in a great position to help people with these issues while providing a good service. Wish me luck.”
Previously, Payne has been employed at Friends Life, Moneyfacts, Southern Pacific Personal Loans, Halifax and Yorkshire Building Society and has a law degree.
Victoria Hartley is contributing editor at Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Money and Your Mortgage at London-based publishing company AE3 Media.
She has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths after gaining a 2:1 in a Comparative American Studies BA at Warwick University. She also holds a TEFL qualification and taught overseas in Mexico and Japan from 1994 to 1997.
Her role includes editorial oversight of the news, analysis and features, event content management and strategic and editorial consultancy for the AE3 Media group. She is an experienced video, broadcast and live-event host and regularly chairs web and podcast debates and interviews.
Multiple award nominations have resulted in two wins: Santander Media Awards, trade journalist of the year and Headlinemoney Awards, mortgage journalist of the year (B2B). Here is one of the award-winning pieces: https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/07/21/exclusive-tale-bailey-fraud-witness/
Previous roles include editorships of Mortgage Solutions, consumer title What Mortgage and trade title Credit Today as well as a stint freelancing for a variety of outlets including The Guardian and Which? Money.
