UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced new lockdown grants to retail, hospitality and leisure businesses and made a further £594m available for Local Authorities to support other businesses not eligible for the grants but affected by the restrictions.

Wealth manager Mattioli Woods has appointed David Kiddie, Edward Knapp and Martin Reason as independent non-executive directors.

Markets are pricing in the Bank of England keeping the base rate low, or even cutting it further, throughout 2021 despite the roll out of Coronavirus vaccines and the emergence of a Brexit deal, according to AJ Bell.

Mortgage and protection advice firm Just Mortgages has today launched a new wealth division named Just Wealth.

Integrafin, parent company of platform Transact, has released a Stock Exchange announcement this afternoon stating that it now has “no intention” of making an offer for rival Nucleus Financial Group.

Aviva has appointed Mark Versey as the new chief executive of its Aviva Investors division.

Half of financial advisers taking part in a PFS survey have expressed concern about about a potential new client shortage in 2021.

More people are choosing to save online rather than through a branch or via a postal account, according to new research.

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