Preferred increases processing teams

The expansion means that each Regional Sales Manager is supported by a team dedicated to business processing in that region.

Roger Taylor,Head of Sales,said: "The expansion of our processing teams demonstrates our continued commitment to improve the level of service offered to our intermediaries. At

Preferred,we value our reputation as a people-focused,approachable lender and we know how

important it is for intermediaries to be able to pick up the phone and speak to someone;all of our processing teams -including the underwriters -have direct dial numbers that are made available to our intermediaries.

'By increasing the number of processing teams,we have strengthened the channels of communication between Preferred and our intermediaries."

The nine teams cover the following geographical regions:

Team Blue :Essex /East London /East Anglia

Team Orange :North West of England /North Wales

Team Purple :South West of England /South Wales

Team Brown :North East of England

Team Green :London

Team Red :Midlands

Team Yellow :Southern England

Team Pink :South East of England

Team Scotland :Scotland /Northern Ireland