SimplyBiz has opened up its New Model Business Academy (NMBA) to the whole of the financial services market and those looking to begin a career in the profession.

The FTSE 100 has struggled upon opening this morning, dragged lower by the resources sector.

Home information packs (HIPs) are hindering market recovery and deterring homeowners from putting their properties up for sale, a study suggests.

Unusually, my last blog was rather prescient. I had bemoaned structures' lack of availability on platforms and predicted this regrettable impediment to growth was poised to change.

Focus Solutions Group, the technology provider, has posted a 27% profit increase for the year ended 31 March 2009.

Consumers will be confused and alienated from financial advice due to the multiple distribution streams proposed in the RDR, experts say.

The Dow Jones shot up on opening today, following the news Chrysler has staved off bankruptcy.

Almost 60% of financial service firms plan to reduce graduate recruitment, according to new research.

Liontrust's assets under management have plunged £2.8bn over the past year following a troubled time for the group, during which star managers Jeremy Lang and William Pattison resigned.

John Charcol has warned that the recent rise in swap rates will be 'the straw that breaks the camel's back' - forcing lenders to increase the cost of their fixed rate mortgages over the coming days.