New packager association launched

The United Packagers Association (UPA) says it aims to help small packagers grow and do more business, as at the moment, the smaller firms along with satellite packagers are finding they are being squeezed out of the marketplace. The Mortgage Times Group says it will offer members access to marketing, compliance and IT facilities, as well as a panel of lenders, and it will also negotiate exclusive deals with lenders that smaller packagers might not otherwise have been able to secure. UPA says it hopes to group to as many as 50 small packagers and satellite packager firms. The Group adds...