Pareto Financial Planning upgrades to new headquarters

The firm was founded in 2008 with one employee but, after growing to a count of 34 by 2017, now has 53 members of staff, including advisers, administrators and paraplanners. It has also grown its employee benefits team and portfolio department and the firm as a whole has £700m in funds under influence. The IFA had been based across four floors on St John Street since 2012 but, with staff numbers on the rise, has taken on the seventh floor of Tower 12 on a five-year lease.  Managing director John Stevenson said: "Our previous base was at capacity, and the nature of the building mean...