Towergate-owned firm hit by mortgage downturn

Mortgage payment protection insurance provider Paymentshield is in consultation with 62 staff after confirming plans to cut its workforce.

The Towergate-owned company, which employs over 300 staff, has been hit by the downturn in the mortgage market.

New chief executive Tim Johnson, formerly boss of Cullum Capital Ventures, said non-customer facing roles and contractors would be cut.

See this week’s issue of Insurance Times for more.

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