Over eight in ten financial advisers would recommend careers in their profession to a friend who has been made redundant due to the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll.

A 21-year-old has graduated from the PFS apprentice programme with a distinction - the first time the highest honour has been achieved.

The FCA and CII have launched a reassessment test of the level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning for advisers.

Trainee Cara Gilbert, 19, from Ayrshire, has recently become the youngest person in the country to complete the Diploma in Financial Planning from the Personal Finance Society.