Skipton Guernsey has updated its savings rates for both sterling and currency accounts.

Tenet Group has appointed Andy Richards to take over from Craig Knight as managing director of its fund management arm, Sinfonia Asset Management.

Unusual insurance claims dealt with by Lloyds TSB advisers in 2008 included a man who had shot his own TV, the firm reveals.

Financial advisers in Scotland are being invited to an FSA-hosted seminar on the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Bluefin, a national advisory and insurance service, has launched today, combining a number of UK adviser businesses, including Thinc.

The National Skills Academy for Financial Services in Norwich has appointed Amanda Allen as Director.

Removing basic rate tax on savings accounts, proposed by Conservative leader David Cameron yesterday, could boost investment in stocks and shares, according to Interactive Investor (II).

House prices fell again in December taking the annual fall to 16% and the average price to 2005 levels, a Nationwide survey shows.

WAY Group has signed a deal with Ascentric to offer its three IHT plans to advisers through the wrap platform.

As Woolworths closes its final stores today, top winner Next and its high street rival Debenhams are two retailers announcing a drop in sales in the pre-Christmas period.