A round-up of broker events to kick off the summer 

It’s been another busy few weeks for our broker team, who have attended a number of events as summer gets into full swing. Here’s a look at what they’ve been up to. 

Chester Races 

On 11 May, we hosted an event at Chester racecourse and invited 30 brokers from four of our top brokerages.

The day began at the Abode Hotel where the team caught up with some brokers over a delicious breakfast and a few mimosas. This was followed by speeches from the team, thanking the brokers for their hard work and collaboration, before it was time to head over to the races. 

While it was one to forget for most when it came to betting, it was a fantastic event and the team really enjoyed spending time with brokers they work with so regularly. 

Synergy roundtable 

Within the commercial mortgage space, the Synergy network has been organising a series of summer regional events to bring their brokers closer to lenders.

As part of this, the network hosted roundtables at the start of June with a selected group of lenders, including Funding Circle, across London and Leeds. The roundtable sees a speed-dating format, where the Synergy brokers spend 30 minutes with each lender, and then divide into a presentation and discussion session. 

The aim behind these meetings is to diversify the finance fields for their brokers. There was a strong focus on unsecured lending, a sector that has proved to be very agile and stable despite recent rate increases. And in our case, it also provides the flexibility to assist with a huge variety of loan purposes, creating combined deals with commercial mortgages – for example using a loan to pay a deposit or to refurbish a property. 

It was a hugely insightful day for our team and everyone involved, and we’re already looking forward to the next one.