EBS bolsters commercial lending team

EBS has hired a new lending team in a belated bid to break into the lucrative commercial lending arena, a traditional weak spot for the lender.

The building society is expected to bolster its current small commercial lending by between eight and ten people.

EBS has recruited two senior lenders from rival ACC Bank, Martha Widger and Richard Gernon, to head up the new assault on the commercial lending market. The duo will ...