Adviser support network SimplyBiz is to offer free access to Defaqto’s Engage Financial Planning system to all its members.

Revenue at the Sense and Lyncombe adviser networks, part of Adviser Services Holdings Limited (ASHL), jumped by 66% to £71m in 2021.

Industry veteran Barry Meeks has joined the board of IFA network ValidPath as an independent non-executive director of parent firm Rimbal.

Financial Planning firm Evelyn Partners, formerly Tilney Smith & Williamson, has joined forces with professional services firm CliftonLarsonAllen to launch a global accounting and advisory network.