Fairstone starts 2022 with double acquisition

The Chartered consolidator has acquired East2west Financial Services in Nairn, Scotland and Brantwood Financial Planning in Huddersfield. Fairstone chief executive Lee Hartley said the business had more deals in the pipeline as the group looked to expand its acquisition strategy. He said: "From an acquisition perspective we want to enable firms to deliver long-term organic growth - removing them from risk and compliance workload, providing access to new customers, funding the acquisition of new advisers and local practices and providing centralised support. We're really investing into...