Together appoints Andrew Taylor as group lending director. At Together, he will chair the group's credit committee and oversee residential and commercial underwriting, securities, valuations and development funding. Together has appointed Andrew Taylor (pictured) as group lending director. Taylor brings more than 35 years of experience in financial services. At Together, he will chair the group's credit committee and oversee residential and commercial underwriting, securities, valuations and development funding. He will also lead automation initiatives to support growth in Together's £8.5bn loan book and report to Dave Sutherland, group chief operating officer. Taylor said: "It's not often that you find a business with such ambitious growth plans as Together and the group's ethos fits well with the skills I've built up throughout my career. "It is a small enough organisation to respond with the nimbleness needed to react quickly to changing markets, where customers, brokers and business partners have access to decision makers. "However, the business has strong funding lines, a diverse product set and a large appetite to provide the finance needed to meet people's property ambitions across the UK." Taylor added: "My first few months will be deep immersion in the business, finding out what has made Together so successful and what is going to help the business to the next phase of its growth journey." Taylor began his career at Barclays in 1990 before joining National Australia Bank and then Royal Bank of Scotland. His roles at RBS included head of financial institutions at RBS International in Jersey and head of leisure for the UK corporate bank. He moved into risk in 2016 as head of credit for business banking. He later became head of risk, credit deployment and decisioning, overseeing non-automated retail underwriting decisions and high net worth lending at Coutts & Co. Sutherland said: "Andrew's experience speaks for itself; he's held senior positions in the banking world and has vast knowledge of credit and risk, has built high-performing teams to deliver large scale transformation, and has worked in customer-facing roles structuring and delivering complex lending solutions. "His background will hugely benefit Together as we continue our own transformation journey and we are delighted to welcome him into the business as a valued member of the team."

Together hires corporate sales director for Yorkshire. At Together, he will be responsible for promoting the specialist lender's products, including bridging loans, commercial mortgages and development finance. Together has appointed Mark Heyes (pictured) as corporate sales director for Yorkshire, as the finance firm expands its regional presence. At Together, he will be responsible for promoting the specialist lender's products, including bridging loans, commercial mortgages and development finance, to professional sector introducers and direct customers across the region. He said: "Together's speed of decision-making, flexibility and broad range of property finance products give me a strong platform to support clients and introducers across Yorkshire. "There are large numbers of opportunities in the region and beyond, across a wide variety of asset types, including offices, industrial, residential, leisure and agriculture." "Together has the whole range of products to support; not only short-term bridging loans but longer-term products, development finance and buy-to-let mortgages, and I'm looking forward to helping businesses find the right funding for their needs." Heyes began his career in financial services in 1986 at the former Midland Bank and most recently worked in the private debt market, working on property deals of up to £50m. Mark Eastwood, director of corporate sales, said: "I have known Mark for more than 20 years, having worked with him at RBS, and know what a wealth of experience and impressive network of clients and introducers he's built up throughout his 40-year career, including co-founding and running his own lending business for the past four years. "Yorkshire is one of our key regional areas of growth as we continue to expand the Together brand across the UK, providing even more customers with the speed, flexibility and certainty they need to complete the larger and more complex property transactions."

Together has priced its seventh public small-balance commercial real estate mortgage-backed securitisation, valued at £409m. The deal was issued through Together Asset Backed Securitisation 2026-2 CRE-7 plc (CRE7). The placed notes have a weighted average cost of 1.21% at a 95% advance rate. About 83% of the notes are expected to receive AAA(sf) ratings from both Fitch and DBRS, with settlement expected on October 28, 2026. CRE7 is backed by first and second charge mortgages on commercial, residential and mixed-use properties across England, Wales and Scotland. First charge mortgages make up 98.2% of the portfolio. BNP Paribas and Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets were co-arrangers. Chief financial officer Chris Adams said it was Together's fourth transaction in four months, and that it "further diversifies our funding platform.