An employee of wealth manager St James's Place - once bed-ridden for several years due to injury - is to take on one of the world’s toughest cycle races to raise money for charity.

Just 4% of people would consider a career as a financial adviser with a slightly higher percentage - 9% - saying they would consider a career as a Senior Paraplanner.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner St James’s Place could drop out of the FTSE 100 in FTSE Russell’s next quarterly reshuffle.

The Financial Ombudsman Service received a total of 95,349 complaints between 1 July and 31 December 2023 compared to 79,921 complaints in the same period in 2022.