Chartered Financial Planning firm Fairstone has seen its client base rise to 59,000 – a 5% increase over the past six months – with three firms joining its Downstream Buy Out (DBO) programme and a further four being fully acquired by the business.

Punter Southall Aspire has expanded its team of Financial Planners with the appointment of Richard Cole, as director of Financial Planning in its Bedford office.

Three new faces are joining the Personal Finance Society’s Financial Planning Practitioner Panel to share best practice with the professional body’s membership.

The resignation of Amber Rudd as Work and Pensions Secretary on Saturday night triggered the appointment of the sixth DWP boss since 2016 prompting Financial Planner Quilter to hit out at the “revolving door”.