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Pembrokeshire-based 1 Stop Financial Services has cancelled its permissions to carry on regulated activities and closed to new business.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has been much-maligned since its launch in April 2011, but consumers are making use of it in the way it was designed - to get free, impartial guidance on their finances. Here we break down the topics consumers go to the...

Partnership has outlined a minimum level of qualification for advisers engaging in long term care advice and is hopeful this will be enshrined in law.

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Nick Kirwan has joined the executive team of the Income Protection Task Force.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) should tighten up the way some providers market their services, according to one adviser who says he is continually bombarded by providers pushing commission.

Insurer Aviva has strengthened its balance sheet by selling its 34 million share stake in Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd via a private placing.

Government will seek to implement the Dilnot Commission's long-term care cap by 2015, Nick Clegg has revealed.

The coalition government has renewed its commitment to reforming long-term care but has not confirmed the level of a cap or timescales for implementation.

The industry is continuing to report pre G-Day sales spikes as it moves beyond the 21 December implementation deadline.