CII thanks RDR for 7% revenue boost

The not-for-profit organisation says it saw a 60% uptake in sittings of its Diploma in Financial Planning paper, helping it increase its revenue from £28.4m in 2007 to £30.3m last year, and a 2% rise in membership to over 93,000 members. It says the cash helped pay for the new Financial Planning Practice Paper (J08), which was launched in February, and a third annual round of exam dates, which will also now be held in July. Dr Alexander Scott, CII Group chief executive, says the organisation saw growth in "every area" of the business. "It is widely recognised that during periods of ec...