Frenkel Topping, the specialist advice firm focusing on personal injury and clinical negligence cases, has acquired Chester-based cost consultants North West Law Services Limited (NWL) for £2.75m and revealed that profits for 2023 climbed by almost a third.

I never thought I’d see former professional footballers march through central London to protest about financial scams and poor regulation but that’s exactly what happened this week.

Pensions consultancy LCP is calling for a ‘magnetic pensions’ strategy to help tackle a leap in small pension pots, estimated to be increasing at 2m a year.

The FCA is keeping a close eye on an ‘uptick’ in overseas firms trying to establish an operation in the UK but keeping senior staff overseas.

Insurance and savings trade body the ABI has warned the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that a public pensions 'consolidator' must avoid undermining the DB scheme buyout market.