The Tipton and Coseley Building Society has announced an enhanced partnership with Connect for Intermediaries.

The partnership will see the Tipton join Connect’s panel of approved lenders, available through both its broker network and packager team.

It also means Connect’s advisers, and their clients, can now access the Tipton’s range of products for all stages of the mortgage lifecycle.

Advisers will also be able to access the Tipton’s team of manual underwriters.

Founded in 1998, Connect works with a comprehensive panel of over 170 mortgage lenders.

It provides mortgage and protection advisers with support including training, events, business development, regulatory guidance, technology, and a broad product panel.

The Tipton’s head of intermediary distribution Andy Millard says: ‘This enhanced partnership with Connect enables the Tipton to offer more options to Connects clients and brokers.

“It also underpins our core purpose to help the undeserved sections of the mortgage market by providing borrowers options not available elsewhere.”

Connect for Intermediaries Sales Director Kevin Thomson, says: “I am delighted to welcome The Tipton to our Packager Lender panel.

“At a time when clients’ needs continue to change and become more complex, it is vitally important that Connect AR’s have access to all lenders who service all the market sectors.

“This relationship with The Tipton will give our network members a wider opportunity to meet the needs of their clients.”