PFS revives pro bono advice project with Citizens Advice

PFS chief executive Keith Richards (pictured) said the organisations are in the "final stages" of pulling together the "enhanced" project, which will see advisers give up some of their time to provide free advice to consumers through Citizens Advice branches across the country. Advisers will do the work for free, and the PFS has been "overwhelmend" by the demand from its members, Richards said, although it has yet to be finalised exactly what form of advice the project will offer. The PFS and Citizens Advice started to revive the project last autumn after the industry was given time t...