Tributes paid to Equilibrium founder Colin Lawson

Started advice firm in 1995

Isabel Baxter
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Tributes have been paid to Equilibrium Financial Planning founder Colin Lawson who has died after a short illness.

Lawson founded Cheshire-based Equilibrium in 1995 and the firm reached its 30th anniversary last year. He also gave generously through the advice firm's foundation. Equilibrium stated: "Colin started Equilibrium in 1995 with one purpose that never changed in 30 years, that financial planning should make people's lives better. "Last year, writing about our 30th anniversary, Colin said that everything we had built had been guided by a passion for making people's lives better, and that the story was one of ambition, adaptability and authenticity. He was writing about legacy without kn...

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