Barnett Waddingham (BW) has opened a new Edinburgh office, with the aim of reinforcing its commitment to Scotland as part of its UK wide growth plans. The consultancy’s new office is at Spaces, Lochrin Square. It will occupy the fourth floor, covering the risk, pensions, investment and insurance sector. The new office adds to BW’s new Glasgow presence and marks its 11th UK base. It also follows its recent acquisition by the global insurance intermediary group, Howden.

RAW Capital Partners has launched a range of mortgage products for UK borrowers. For the past decade, the Guernsey-based specialist lender has provided mortgages to foreign nationals, UK expats and Channel Islanders buying buy-to-let (BTL) investment property in the UK. To date, it has provided mortgages to UK residents by exception only. RAW has now launched the RAW UK Mortgage Company, which sees the company extend its offering to UK-based companies and professional landlords. UK borrowers will be able to access term loans of up to 10 years for BTL on one-, two- and three-year fixed rate options. For shorter-term needs, the lender will provide bridging loans of up to 18 months for business purposes.

West One has made three new hires to its short-term division. Alan Collins joins the firm as a field-based business development manager (BDM) for the South West and Wales. He has worked in property finance for over a decade, and joins West One from Affirmative Finance. Parit Shah and Josh Newbould has both joined as telephone BDMs. Shah most recently served as mortgage advisor at The Loans Engine, and will cover the London region, as well as Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Newbould joins from Omega Commercial Solutions, where he served commercial mortgage consultant. He will cover East London, Kent and Essex.

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