1. Every great celebration needs great people behind it — who are Mortgage Advice Bureau, and what do you do?

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is one of the UK's leading mortgage and protection advice businesses, supporting more than 2,000 advisers across the UK. Every year, we help hundreds of thousands of people navigate some of life's biggest financial decisions through expert mortgage, protection, and general insurance advice.

Handling more than £30 billion of lending annually and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, MAB provides market-leading technology, compliance support, learning and development, recruitment, and marketing services to help our adviser firms deliver the best possible outcomes for their customers.

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2. "The Roaring Twenties" was a time when the finest parties brought the right people together — why did you choose to be part of Sort Ball 2026?

We chose to support the Sort Ball because it reflects so much of what MAB stands for: partnership, collaboration, and putting people at the heart of the home buying journey.

The event brings together professionals from across the sector in a way that few others do, creating an opportunity to celebrate achievements, strengthen partnerships, and recognise the collective effort that goes into helping people move home.

We're proud to be involved in an event that champions the very best of our industry.

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3. Sort Ball is one of the biggest moments in our calendar. What has been a standout moment for your business this year?

For us, the standout has been seeing the business continue to grow and adapt in a changing market, while helping more customers achieve their homeownership ambitions.

Despite ongoing economic challenges, we've seen remarkable resilience across our partners and advisers, delivering record levels of lending and increasing our market share in key areas of the business.

Watching firms embrace innovation, deepen customer relationships, and continue to deliver exceptional outcomes has been a real highlight and reinforces the strength of the partnerships that underpin our business.

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4. If you could raise a glass to changing one thing about the industry right now, what would it be?

Greater simplicity across the homebuying journey. While we've made progress, the process can still feel fragmented and unnecessarily complex for consumers.

Better integration between all parties involved - from brokers and lenders to conveyancers and estate agents - would create a smoother, faster experience for customers, and ultimately help more people move with confidence.

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5. In the roaring future of property, what are you chasing?

We're chasing a property market that moves at the speed consumers expect, with less paperwork, fewer delays, better-connected systems, and more informed customers. Technology will continue to transform the way people buy homes, but trusted human advice will always remain at the heart of the process. The future belongs to businesses that can successfully blend innovation with expertise, using technology to remove friction while ensuring customers have the guidance they need to make life-changing financial decisions. At MAB, that's exactly what we're focused on: helping make homeownership more achievable and the homebuying journey more seamless for everyone involved.

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