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Tilney Smith & Williamson, the leading wealth management and professional services group, has appointed Neil Thornton as a Financial Planner based in its Exeter office as part of the firm’s continued expansion in the West Country. The news follows the recent appointment of Will Matthewman as an Investment Manager, adding a locally based investment management capability in Exeter for the first time.

Neil brings to Tilney Smith & Williamson more than 25 years financial services experience. He joins the firm from Aviva, where he has worked as a Financial Adviser in Devon and...

Climate conscious construction consultancy, Bailey Partnership, has pledged to become carbon-neutral and deliver all projects to “Net Zero” by 2030 – 20 years ahead of national targets - in a bid to reduce the construction industry’s carbon footprint.

Renowned as one of the biggest contributors to the UK’s carbon footprint, the construction industry is responsible for around 38% of all CO2 emissions in the UK. As a multi-disciplinary company with many facets and disciplines covering everything from architecture and building surveying to building services engineering, Bailey...

Employee-owned law firm, Stephens Scown LLP, is leading the charge against climate change by setting an ambitious target of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2025 – well ahead of the Government’s target for businesses to reach net zero by 2050 and indeed ahead of most UK organisations.

The announcement comes ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, which will bring parties together from across the world to accelerate action against climate change. It also comes hot on the heels of the Stephens Scown publishing its third annual Giving Back report, which can be viewed here ....

Last week saw the inaugural Diversity & Inclusion Awards by PIMFA, the trade association for wealth management, investment services and the investment and financial advice industry. There were close to 100 entries for the awards, from the sector which looks after £1.65 trillion in private savings and investments and employs over 63,000 people.

The UK investment management and stockbroking firm Redmayne Bentley, who has an office in Exeter, was ‘Highly Commended’ for the ‘Best Approach to Wellbeing’ award. Other firms shortlisted in the same category included 7IM, Coutts and...