Employee-owned Financial Planning firm Paradigm Norton says it has reached a diversity milestone with more than half of its team female.

Two leading Financial Planning firms have exclusively told Financial Planning Today magazine the story behind their recently announced merger.

Bristol-based Financial Planning firm Paradigm Norton has merged with London-based Financial Planner The Red House to create a firm with 55 staff.

The partner of award-winning Paraplanner Gary Tunstall FPFS CFP^TM , who died recently after a battle against cancer at the age of 41, has thanked supporters who have raised nearly £4,400 for the hospice which cared for him in his last days.