Recruitment firm BWD has launched a mergers and acquisitions service - BWD M&A - aimed at finance advice businesses.

Wealth manager St James’s Place is seeking a new chief executive to replace current boss Andrew Croft, according to a media report.

Scottish Financial Planning firm Acumen has added five new Financial Planners and paraplanners to its Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh and Glasgow offices.

Manchester-based Pareto Financial Planning has increased its team to more than 70 with the addition of four new hires over the past year.