New Model Business Academy, the adviser academy run by SimplyBiz, has been criticised by education inspector Ofsted for a second year after it was found to be “making insufficient progress” from its previous inspection.

Wealth manager St James’s Place has launched a new ‘Military Network’ to support current and ex-Armed Forces personnel, and their families, move into a career in financial services including as Financial Planners and support staff.

It’s hard to find a silver lining in current Covid cloud but one of them may be a boost to recruiting the next generation of Financial Planners.

Openwork, one of the biggest financial advice networks with 4,000 advisers in the UK, has urged insurance and banking workers facing redundancy to turn to the financial advice sector for job opportunities.