Paul Flowers, the former Co-Operative Bank chairman, has been ordered to pay £184,000 to the family of a woman he stole from.

Berkshire-based Financial Planning firm Flying Colours has launched a new investment platform, powered by the Octopus-owned white label platform Seccl.

Personal Finance Society members have called for a national school competition engaging students in real world Financial Planning challenges.

Wealth management trade association PIMFA has warned that draft inheritance tax reforms are unworkable in their current form.

The FCA is ‘working hard’ to shorten the timeframe for enforcement investigations to boost confidence in the financial services sector, according to senior FCA executive Therese Chambers.

Nottingham Building Society is giving all its 540 staff working at its 31 branches access to one-to-one Financial Planning advice this week to coincide with UK Savings Week which runs until 28 September.

Half of UK adults (49%) feel more uncertain about their future than they did two years ago and many are cutting back spending or raiding their savings to cope.

Aviva, L&G and Standard Life have pledged their support to the first national Annuity Day, due to take place on 21 October.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) said 250 people have so far expressed interest in its Pathway to the Profession initiative that will support students taking their first step towards gaining their Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning.

Financial Planning technology firm Ortec Finance has turned to former St James’s Place division director John O’Driscoll to boost its UK Financial Planning ambitions.