July 1st, 2008
Networking Day Proves Commercial Market Is Still Fighting
Head of Commercial & Intermediary Lending at Norwich & Peterborough Building Society, said: “This was a quality event which was we found to be useful in two main ways. First of all, it was an excellent opportunity to meet with brokers – both those we already deal with and those who were new to us. We also found it useful as a business to business event as we looked at working with other lenders, specifically a couple of bridging lenders, to bring new business to us. The day had an atmosphere of ‘can do’ and optimism: although times are tough everyone was working together to overcome the market problems.”
David Young from Barclays Bank agreed. He said: “Barclays Local Business was proud to be involved with the NACFB networking day and it was a great opportunity to meet with many brokers who were very keen to talk to us about commercial lending. Barclays is still very much “open for commercial lending business”, and we are committed to providing a fast and efficient service to brokers. We are already seeing great results from the networking day with three cases being received from brokers within three hours of the end of the event.”
Peter Caldicott, Head of Commercial Broker Proposition at HSBC Commercial Bank, said: “It was a very positive day. In today’s market, where most stories in the news are depressing, it’s very good to hear some good news for a change! It was also a good opportunity to get in front of brokers to say that we are very much open for business; we have money to lend and we are keen to get quality business from brokers through our doors.”
Tags: business event, efficient service, Lending Manufactured, new business, optimism, quality business