The Specialist Lending Event will kick off next week and discuss key themes in the specialist lending market from a wide range of experts.
Topics at this year’s Specialist Lending Event include economic outlook, first-time buyer trends, mortgage rates and fees and prospects for specialist lending in the coming year.
The Specialist Lending Event 2024 features expert speakers from UK Finance, Aldermore, MFS, Mint FS, Bluestone Mortgages, Brilliant Solutions, Aria Finance, Sirius Finance, The Mortgage Lender, OMS and Connect for Intermediaries.
The events are taking place across the country, including Birmingham, East Sussex, Wetherby and Bolton. To register, please follow this link.
The full list of events can be found below.
- 31 January – National Conference Centre, Birmingham
- 1 February – East Sussex National Hotel
- 7 February – Wetherby Racecourse
- 8 February – Toughsheet Community Stadium, Bolton
Sponsors of the event include Affirmative, Aldermore, Beverley Building Society, Bluestone Mortgages, Bridge Invest, Brightstar, Brilliant Solutions, Connect for Intermediaries, MFS, OMS, Positive Lending, Saffron Building Society and The Mortgage Lender.
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.