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Platform giant Skandia has reversed its post-RDR stance requiring advisers who take a percentage fee to get a new client agreement every time a top-up into an investment is made.

Kate Brookes, IFA at Jones Hill, said she is feeling positive about the future after failing to hit a much anticipated "brick wall" on 1 January.

Sandringham Financial Partners, the national advisory business, has signed up as a partner of the New Model Business Academy (NMBA) to invest in not-for-profit training and development.

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A Chorley-based branch of national advisory group Perspective Financial has agreed to offer financial advice to members of Chorley Building Society.