Financial services mutual Wesleyan has appointed Karen Blatchford as managing director of dental, direct and intermediary distribution.

Quilter Financial Planning has added two appointed representative firms to its network, including a new sports and entertainment specialist as well as South West-based Chartered Financial Planner Holroyd Wealth Management.

The UK will have to increase the state pension age to 71 by 2050 to maintain the number of workers per retiree, according to a new report from the International Longevity Centre UK.

Three experienced Financial Planners have set up their own new Financial Planning firm called Juniper based at Prestwick in Ayrshire, Scotland.