Derby-based business Mortgage Advice Bureau has announced that they are now the preferred mortgage partner for Derby County Football Club, after signing a three-year sponsorship deal.

Mortgage Advice Bureau, the UK's best-known mortgage broker brand*, employs over 100 staff in its head office on Pride Park, Derby.

It has won over fifty national awards for the quality of its advice and service in the last five years and has just become the first mortgage intermediary to list on the London Stock Exchange plc's Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

It has over 600 advisers offering expert mortgage advice on a local, regional and national level to UK consumers and currently arranges £9bn of loans each year.

Mortgage Advice Bureau will be very visible at the iPro Stadium from now on and their local mortgage advisers, Rob Brookes and his team, will be visiting the stadium regularly, offering mortgage and protection insurance reviews to Rams fans in hospitality boxes overlooking the pitch.

Lisa Biesty, Commercial Director at Derby County, has already used Rob's services and commented: "Brilliant and easy service, I couldn't have asked for more".

Supporters who do decide to get some local expert mortgage advice will receive match tickets and be entered in a prize draw to win tickets for lunch with Steve McClaren and attend a training session at Derby County Training Centre (terms & conditions apply).

Derby County's Chief Operating Officer, John Vicars, said: "It's great to welcome Mortgage Advice Bureau on board here at Derby County, especially because they are a local employer serving local people".

Mortgage Advice Bureau's Chief Executive, Peter Brodnicki, added: "As a Derby business we're looking forward to building a really strong partnership with Derby County in the coming years. Our recent listing on AIM shows how ambitious we are as a company but we will always be a Derby business first and foremost; we'd like to think that we're a 'local boy done good'!"

For more information visit www.mortgageadvicebureau.com/DCFC.

*Based on an Opinium Research survey, among 2,002 UK consumers, May 2014