What is Stamp Duty?
Stamp Duty is property transaction legal tax, and acts as a documenting evidence for any sale or purchase of a property. You must pay for SDLT (Stamp Duty Land Tax) when investing in a property above £500,000. Even if your property costs lower than this amount, you must confirm your SDLT status to HMRC if […]
Milk in First or Milk in Last?
It’s a debate which has raged for centuries and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. But unlike that special list of personal tea preferences (how strong you like it, what colour it should be, whether you take sugar, and so on) this is a question with an answer. A real, objective answer. So – […]
Why Did We Re-brand To Placing Faces?
What an absolute journey these first five years have been, I (Alex) was twenty-five years old when I set this business up. Ella, my business partner, was twenty-one and at this time, we had doubters: “you are too young”, “too inexperienced in life”, “recruitment is too competitive”, “most new businesses fail in their first year”. […]
Mortgage Industry Jobs: How do I get one?
The most common question we are asked is: ‘How do I get a job in the mortgage industry?’ If I was to summarise it in one word, I would describe it as competitive. You need to think of ways to stand out from other candidates – it is great that you want a career in […]
The History of Placing Faces
We launched the recruitment agency in January 2016 as Exella Recruitment Specialists. The aim of the company was to steer away from the monotonous methods that are so commonly seen in the high street today. Typically, these high street recruitment agencies expect staff to cold call constantly, and require candidates to take time out of […]