The ‘Five Foxes’, a group consisting of five building societies from Leicestershire, announced plans to relaunch the Leicestershire Lenders Live Event and take it on the road in 2025.
The Loughborough Building Society, Hinckley & Rugby Building Society, Melton Building Society, Earl Shilton Building Society, and Market Harborough Building Society make up the ‘Five Foxes’ group.
This follows the success of the inaugural event at Leicestershire County Cricket Club in November 2023.
Four regional events will be held in Southampton, Exeter, Wetherby, and Warrington, with dates yet to be confirmed.
The series aims to provide intermediaries with insights from each Society and highlights will include an overview of their distinct lending approaches and guidance for brokers.
Gary Brebner, CEO at Loughborough Building Society, said: “Building on the success of our previous event, and the numerous conversations it has since sparked, we felt it was essential to bring this initiative back and extend it to intermediaries across the UK.
“While each Society maintains its own unique approach and USPs, we are united in our mission to deliver specialist lending solutions that truly impact a diverse range of borrowing needs.
“We hope brokers nationwide will recognise this commitment and identify the opportunities on offer as we take this exciting event on the road throughout 2025.”
Barry Carter, CEO at Hinckley & Rugby Building Society, added: “We are delighted to once again team up with some of our fellow Leicestershire-based societies to spread the word about how we, as lenders, are providing innovative solutions to meet the changing needs of borrowers.
“Building societies have a hugely important role to play in the UK mortgage market and it’s vital that we invest in events such as these to ensure intermediaries nationwide are aware of our respective propositions and how they can help more and more borrowers achieve their home ownership aspirations.”
Simon Taylor, CEO at Melton Building Society, said: “Following the great success of our first event, I’m delighted that we will be engaging with our broker communities across the UK.
“These events really help shape our product and distribution strategy at The Melton and I’m looking forward to the great conversations that will flow.”
Scott Devereux, CEO at Earl Shilton Building Society, said: “We are thrilled to once again join forces with our fellow Leicestershire-based societies to highlight how we, as lenders, are delivering innovative solutions to meet the evolving needs of borrowers.
“Building societies play a vital role in the UK mortgage market, offering tailored and customer-focused lending options.
Devereux added: “Through events like Leicestershire Lenders Live, we aim to ensure intermediaries across the UK are fully aware of our unique propositions and how we can help more borrowers achieve their homeownership aspirations.
“We’re excited to bring this initiative to new audiences in 2025.”
Iain Kirkpatrick, CEO of Market Harborough Building Society, said: “With five unique and successful building societies in Leicestershire all offering brokers more choice for their clients, it makes sense that we join forces to spread the message not just locally but with brokers we can help across the country.
“As more brokers look to diversify in 2025, these events will provide a handy snapshot of how regional societies can support both traditional and specialist forms of lending, including bridging finance.
Kirkpatrick added: “And it’s time to show that larger doesn’t always mean better.
“We’re agile and can adapt to the changing market to best support broker and client needs.”
