(L-R): Collecting the Bridging Finance Introducer of the Year Award from Gary Bailey, Sales Director at Together is Kris Corns, Head of Operations at CSF and Dan Morris, Key Account Manager at CSF. Business Moneyfacts Awards 2017 host Romesh Ranganathan looks-on.

Company Wins one major category and receives second Highly Commended classification

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has excelled at the professional finance industry’s leading annual awards night, collecting two honours at the Business Moneyfacts Awards 2017.

The Tamworth-based company was named Winner of the highly-competitive Bridging Finance Introducer of the Year category, and was Highly Commended in the Commercial Finance Specialist Distributor of the Year classification.

The awards are presented to companies and brokers who have consistently offered the most competitive products, the best levels of service and shown the greatest innovation in the business and commercial finance world over the last 12 months.

Hosted by stand-up comedian Romesh Ranganathan at the prestigious Lancaster London Hotel, over 600 industry professionals from leading financial institutions and trade bodies attended the event.

Jo Breeden, CSF Managing Director, said: “Given the longstanding nature of the event, the calibre of the judges and the competition, the people in the room and the kudos that accompanies the Business Moneyfacts Awards, this has to go down as one of our greatest nights in our company history.

“Bridging finance is one of the fastest growing financial sectors of the market, so to be recognised as one of its leading exponents can only bring greater recognition of our expertise and more business through the door. The task now is to stay ahead of the competition and aim even higher in 2018.”

CSF smashed all company records in 2016, with issued terms up 81%, completed business by 35% and enquiries by 54% against 2015. The company issued annual terms totalling £1,946m against £1,074m in the corresponding period.

CSF operates across five specialist divisions: Bridging, Commercial, Development Funding, Second Charge Loans and Specialist Mortgages. The business is open to applications on all types of properties in England, Scotland and Wales, with the company having access to over 70 lenders, including exclusive product lines.