The latest UK unemployment figures showed an unexpected fall in unemployment to 8.2 per cent  with the number of people out of work falling by 51,000.

Some of the UK’s leading Financial Planners gathered in Worcestershire today for the annual Institute of Financial Planning Fellows’ Day.

Financial Planners are being encouraged by the Institute of Financial Planning to support ‘social investments’, products that have a measurable positive social impact.

Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting over 600 jobs from its Financial Planning division in response to the RDR.

Consumer prices index (CPI) inflation fell from 3.0 per cent to 2.8 per cent in May, the lowest rate since November 2009, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has unveiled its national campaign to raise awareness of auto-enrolment.

Fellows of the Institute of Financial Planning will be gathering in Worcestershire tomorrow for the annual IFP Fellows Day.

The majority of financial advisers have admitted to having little or no understanding of exchange traded funds, according to Skandia.

Households are £34 a month worse off than a year ago as inflation remains high and spending growth weak, according to Lloyds TSB.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King has announced the Bank and Treasury are working together on a ‘funding for lending’ scheme for banks.