The former head of a charity for the disabled is to be prosecuted on suspicion of defrauding its pension scheme.

Staff and advisers at the Openwork network have raised £562,000 in the past year to help disadvantaged children and young adults, pushing the total raised since 2005 by people working for Openwork to £7.4m.

Financial Planners at Berry & Oak scaled new heights to raise money for charity.

Charity-minded staff at Stockport-based Chartered Financial Planners Prest got the mixing bowls out to organise a Great British Bake Off-inspired event in aid of a children’s charity.