Bristol-based Financial Planning business Brunel Wealth has merged with Chartered Financial Planner firm North Star Wealth Management of Southampton.

Chartered Insurance Broker Brunel Group has entered the Financial Planning sector with the launch of an independent business called Brunel Wealth.

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

Bristol-based investment provider and Financial Planner Hargreaves Lansdown has reported its number of active clients has reached 1,188,000 - up 53,000 on the previous trading period and up nearly 100,000 in the past 12 months.