Financial Services 2015 - Company News Summary

Chase Templeton is to create 15 jobs at its Lancashire-based medical insurance business early next year, taking its total workforce to 128.
21-Dec-2015

HiFX Europe is to relocate the headquarters of its money transfer business from Windsor to a 15,900 sq ft office at Maxis in Bracknell.
21-Dec-2015

DWF is to relocate its law business in Glasgow to an 18,000 sq ft office at 110 Queen Street next year.
21-Dec-2015

Tungsten is to sell its London-based banking division to an unnamed buyer for about £30m.
17-Dec-2015

Pinsent Masons is reported to be planning to relocate its Birmingham-based law firm to a 45,000 sq ft office at 55 Colmore Row.
17-Dec-2015

Towergate Insurance Brokers is planning to create 100 new jobs over the next two years, and open more insurance offices.
17-Dec-2015

Barclays is to sell Barclays Risk Analytics & Index Solutions to Bloomberg for £520m.
17-Dec-2015

Mercia Technologies is planning to open a new technology investment office in the North, and will invest £4.5m in the expansion of nDreams and Intelligent Positioning.
16-Dec-2015

Shakespeare Martineau has merged with Macrae & Co, the London-based law firm.
16-Dec-2015

Entertainment Insurance Partners, the London-based insurance firm, has been acquired by Integro Insurance Brokers Holdings for undisclosed terms.
16-Dec-2015

General Industries has acquired Murja, the London-based treasury management consultancy, for £1.2m.
15-Dec-2015

Pure Legal has acquired Pryers, the York-based law firm, for £13m.
15-Dec-2015

Groupe Geraud has acquired a new head office for its market operations business and 29 staff at Prescot Shopping Centre in Merseyside.
15-Dec-2015

Rochdale Council has approved plans from G Suite Holdings of Hong Kong for a £50m global trade facility at the 200,000 sq ft Warwick Mill in Middleton by 2017, which could create more than 200 jobs.
14-Dec-2015

Napthens of Lancashire is to expand its law firm in Cumbria with a new office due to open in Kendal next month.
14-Dec-2015

ThinCats has sold a majority stake in its Tamworth-based lending business to ESF Capital.
10-Dec-2015

Haslers has acquired RL Jackson & Co, the Essex-based accountancy firm with seven staff.
09-Dec-2015

Chase Templeton has acquired Healthcare Partners, the Essex-based medical insurance firm trading as Avanti.
08-Dec-2015

Beaumont Legal, the Wakefield-based conveyancing firm with 160 staff, has been acquired by US-based online law firm LegalZoom.
08-Dec-2015

Carlyle Group is to relocate the London headquarters of its private equity business and up to 250 staff from Mayfair to St James's.
07-Dec-2015

Secure Trust has sold Everyday Loans, the sub-prime consumer finance firm with 40 branches, to Non-Standard Finance for £127m.
07-Dec-2015

Brokerbility Holdings Insurance Brokers (BHIB) has acquired Churchill Insurance Consultants, the London-based insurance firm with 33 staff.
07-Dec-2015

Dunedin has acquired a 2,775 sq ft office for its private equity business at 1 Vere Street in London's West End.
07-Dec-2015

Towergate is to relocate its Leeds-based insurance office and 100 staff to an 8,300 sq ft unit at West One.
07-Dec-2015

Baldwins has merged with Berkeley Hamilton, the Gloucester-based accountancy with 25 staff.
07-Dec-2015

Palatine Private Equity has acquired an office in Birmingham for the expansion of its Manchester-based investment business.
03-Dec-2015

Cowgill Holloway has acquired Jacobs Financial, the Ilkley-based financial advice firm, for about £1m.
03-Dec-2015

Businesswise Solutions is planning to expand the 15-strong workforce at its Burnley-based purchase management business to 25 by next June.
03-Dec-2015

Begbies Traynor has acquired Taylors Business Surveyors & Valuers, the Northampton-based business and property valuation firm with 20 staff, for up to £1.9m.
02-Dec-2015

Fairstone has acquired Zimb Johnson Bespoke Financial Planning, the Market Deeping-based financial advisory firm.
02-Dec-2015

Gateley is to set up a new office in Reading for the expansion of its Birmingham-based law firm.
02-Dec-2015

Lincoln Pensions is creating an unspecified number of jobs at its new pension advisory office in Leeds.
01-Dec-2015

Congregational & General Insurance, the Bradford-based insurance firm, is to be acquired by Inter Hannover of Germany.
01-Dec-2015

Banca Intesa Sanpaolo of Italy is to open its first banking operation in London this month.
01-Dec-2015

Davy Private Clients UK has acquired Pension & Financial Consultants, the Belfast-based pensions firm.
01-Dec-2015

Atom Bank has won approval to build a 4,200 sq m head office at Aykley Heads Estate for its Durham-based digital banking business.
30-Nov-2015

Irwin Mitchell is to merge with Chichester-based Thomas Eggar to create a combined law firm with 2,800 staff.
30-Nov-2015

Freeths is relocating its Birmingham-based law firm and 46 staff to an 8,000 sq ft office at Colmore Plaza.
30-Nov-2015

National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux has acquired a 7,500 sq ft office at Centre City in Birmingham.
26-Nov-2015

Chase Templeton is creating ten new jobs at its Darwen-based private medical insurance business, having just opened a new office in London.
26-Nov-2015

Carfinance247 is expanding the 200-strong workforce at its Manchester-based car finance business, having acquired a further 10,500 sq ft of office space at Albion Mill.
26-Nov-2015

Davies Group has acquired Argent, the liability adjusting division of London-based Parabis Group, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
26-Nov-2015

Atom has sold a £45m stake in its County Durham-based digital bank to BBVA of Spain.
25-Nov-2015

Clement Keys of Birmingham is looking to merge with Derbyshire-based PFK Cooper Parry next year, to create a combined accountancy business with 350 staff.
25-Nov-2015

European Wealth has acquired Xcap Nominees, the Wilmslow-based firm.
24-Nov-2015

Knights is to acquire Darbys, the Hale-based law firm with offices in Essex and Oxford, for undisclosed terms.
24-Nov-2015

QualitySolicitors Davisons has acquired a new law office on Colmore Row in Birmingham, with the creation of ten jobs.
23-Nov-2015

Wax Digital, the Hyde-based procurement software firm with 65 staff, has been sold by Nova Capita to August Equity for undisclosed terms.
23-Nov-2015

KPMG is to relocate its accountancy office on West George Street in Glasgow and about 350 staff to St Vincent Plaza.
23-Nov-2015

LDF has acquired First Independent Finance, the East Ayrshire-based asset finance broking firm.
23-Nov-2015

Hunter George & Partners, the London-based insurance firm, has been acquired by Ryan Specialty Group of the US.
19-Nov-2015

GloverPriest Solicitors has acquired Argyles Solicitors, the Tamworth-based law firm.
18-Nov-2015

Vardags has acquired a 1,400 sq ft office at Ship Canal House in Manchester for the expansion of its London-based law firm.
18-Nov-2015

Ellis Clowes, the London-based insurance firm, has been acquired by Integro of the US for undisclosed terms.
17-Nov-2015

BHP Financial Planning has merged with Chartford Financial Management, in order to create a combined Yorkshire-based accountancy business.
16-Nov-2015

Plexus Law, the London-based legal division of Parabis Group, is to undergo a management buy-out.
16-Nov-2015

Innovation Broking has secured £2m of investment from Albion Ventures for the expansion of its Watford-based commercial insurance business.
16-Nov-2015

BookCheck has acquired Payroll Services, the Dunfermline-based payroll outsourcing firm.
16-Nov-2015

Bango is looking to raise £11m for the expansion of its Cambridge-based mobile payment platform business.
16-Nov-2015

Anglo Scottish Asset Finance, the Durham-based asset finance broking firm, has been acquired by Maxxia of Australia for undisclosed terms.
16-Nov-2015

Tullett Prebon is to acquire the broking business of ICAP, to create a combined London-based group with 5,500 staff.
12-Nov-2015

Springboard has acquired an office at City Gate East in Nottingham for the expansion of its Birmingham-based corporate finance business.
12-Nov-2015

Deutsche Bank is to relocate its London-based asset and private wealth management divisions to a 92,000 sq ft office at The Zig Zag Building in Victoria.
11-Nov-2015

Chase Templeton has acquired Consilium Employee Benefits, the Kent-based healthcare broking firm, for undisclosed terms.
11-Nov-2015

KBS Corporate is to relocate its Bolton-based company sales business to a new £1m head office at Springfield Court by next March.
11-Nov-2015

Gresham House is to acquire Aitchesse, the Perth-based commercial forestry investment firm, for up to £7.7m.
05-Nov-2015

Baldwins has acquired Sandison Rouse & Co, the Worcester-based accountancy, for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-2015

Visa Europe, the London-based subsidiary of the global electronic payments firm, is to be acquired by Visa for about £15bn.
04-Nov-2015

Great Annual Savings Group has acquired a further 7,000 sq ft of office space at the Spectrum Business Park in Seaham for its cost management business.
04-Nov-2015

Carpenters has acquired a 19,000 sq ft office at 1 Tithebarn in Liverpool for its Birkenhead-based law firm.
04-Nov-2015

Chase Templeton has acquired Healthcare Solutions, the Wiltshire-based medical insurance firm.
03-Nov-2015

Royal Bank of Canada is to relocate its London-based headquarters to a 250,000 sq ft office at 100 Bishopsgate by 2020.
03-Nov-2015

RSM has expanded its accountancy offices at Nexus Place in the City of London with a further 8,400 sq ft.
29-Oct-2015

Harringtons Advisory is to create 120 jobs at a new PPI call centre in Bolton, with plans for another site in Manchester.
28-Oct-2015

Hanweck Associates is to set up a European head office for its US-based financial technology business in Belfast, with the creation of 19 jobs over the next two years.
28-Oct-2015

Mercia Technologies has acquired a new office in Edinburgh for the expansion of its Warwickshire-based technology funding business.
28-Oct-2015

KPMG is looking to expand the 20-strong workforce at its new accounting delivery centre in Birmingham with up to 20 jobs by the end of the year.
28-Oct-2015

Rollits is relocating its Hull-based law firm to a 17,000 sq ft office at Citadel House.
27-Oct-2015

Thomas Westcott is to merge with Butterworth Jones to create a combined accountancy business with 18 offices in Somerset and Devon and 190 staff.
27-Oct-2015

Shoosmiths is planning to expand the 160-strong workforce at its law office in Manchester to 300 over the next four years.
26-Oct-2015

Fragomen Worldwide is to set up a law office in Sheffield this January, with the creation of 100 jobs over the next 18 months.
26-Oct-2015

Jackson Canter has acquired Cope & Co, the law firm with offices in Liverpool and Manchester.
26-Oct-2015

Northgate Arinso is setting up a new 12,800 sq ft human resources office at Aztec West in Bristol.
26-Oct-2015

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is reported to be setting up an 80,000 sq ft law office at One New Bailey in Salford.
26-Oct-2015

Robert Fleming has sold a majority stake in its London-based insurance business to Calera Capital for undisclosed terms.
26-Oct-2015

Ipes has acquired an 8,000 sq ft office at 1 Minster Court in the City of London for its outsourced private equity services business.
26-Oct-2015

Liquid Friday and sister company Boox are planning to expand the 85-strong workforce at their Portsmouth-based payroll and accountancy businesses to 120.
22-Oct-2015

Mann Island Finance is to relocate its Liverpool-based car finance broking business to an 11,000 sq ft office at 5 St Paul's Square.
21-Oct-2015

Clarus of London is to set up a financial technology research and development centre for 15 staff in Belfast.
20-Oct-2015

Ince & Co is to relocate the headquarters of its London-based law firm to a 35,000 sq ft office at Aldgate Tower in 2016.
20-Oct-2015

BGL is to set up a 14,300 sq ft digital hub at London's White Collar Factory.
20-Oct-2015

RfM, the Preston-based accountancy firm with six sites in the North West, is planning to set up a new office in London.
19-Oct-2015

Thomas Miller has acquired a majority stake in Osprey Holdings, the London-based marine and aerospace insurance firm.
19-Oct-2015

North Somerset Council has approved plans from Weston College for a £15m law and professional services academy at Winter Gardens in Weston-super-Mare.
19-Oct-2015

Optionis has acquired Arnsco, the London-based tax rebate solutions firm, for undisclosed terms.
19-Oct-2015

Sandersons Solicitors has merged with MMS Solicitors, the East Yorkshire-based law firm.
15-Oct-2015

Bulley Davey has merged with Hull Matthewson, the Holbeach-based accountancy firm.
15-Oct-2015

Turcan Connell of Edinburgh has sold its asset management division to a new company called Tcam, with the transfer of 63 staff.
14-Oct-2015

Claims Consortium Group is to set up a 9,000 sq ft office for 70 staff in Taunton for its Culmhead-based claims handling business.
14-Oct-2015

NAHL is to acquire Bush & Company Rehabilitation, the Daventry-based expert witness and needs assessment firm, for £25m.
13-Oct-2015

County Group has acquired Brady & Jones Insurance Brokers, the Colwyn Bay-based insurance firm, for undisclosed terms.
13-Oct-2015

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe is to set up an investment banking office in Edinburgh, having hired a team from Shore Capital.
13-Oct-2015

Sills & Betteridge is to merge with Frearsons to create a Lincolnshire-based law firm with more than 270 staff.
13-Oct-2015

Almond Solicitors has acquired Hugh Joseph Solicitors to create a combined Manchester-based law firm with 25 staff.
12-Oct-2015

CMS Cameron McKenna is to set up a 20,000 sq ft law office at 1 West Regent Street in Glasgow.
12-Oct-2015

NFU Mutual is to relocate its Norwich-based claims and underwriting operation and up to 100 jobs to York, as part of a nationwide restructure.
12-Oct-2015

MCL Insurance Services is to create 20 new jobs at its Londonderry-based online insurance business.
12-Oct-2015

Coller Capital is reported to be planning to set up a 28,000 sq ft office at Park House on London's Oxford Street.
12-Oct-2015

Newtons Solicitors has acquired Calder Meynell Solicitors, the North Yorkshire-based law firm with offices in Thirsk and Northallerton.
12-Oct-2015

Ware & Kay has merged with Pearsons & Ward Solicitors, the North Yorkshire-based law firm.
12-Oct-2015

Uni-Pay, the Warrington-based tuition fee payment firm, has been acquired by Flywire of the US.
08-Oct-2015

Wilkins Kennedy has merged with FBR Accounting, the Southampton-based accountancy firm with 11 staff.
08-Oct-2015

OMERS is to relocate the European headquarters of its pension fund business to a 25,000 sq ft office for 75 staff at London's Leadenhall Building in January 2016.
07-Oct-2015

Zeus Capital is in talks to acquire Novum Securities, the London-based stockbroking firm, for undisclosed terms.
07-Oct-2015

Mattioli Woods has acquired Lindley Trustees, the Cheshire-based pension administration business of Lindley Group, for £0.2m.
06-Oct-2015

Duff & Phelps is to relocate its Leeds-based corporate finance operation to Manchester by November.
05-Oct-2015

Paragon is to acquire Five Arrows Leasing, the Surrey-based asset finance firm, for £117m.
05-Oct-2015

Ware & Kay has merged with Pearsons & Ward, the Malton-based law firm with about 20 staff.
05-Oct-2015

Duncan & Toplis has acquired Marsh & Moss, the Loughborough-based accountancy firm with 16 staff.
05-Oct-2015

Garbutt & Elliott is to merge with Ian Pickup & Co to create a combined Leeds-based accountancy with 110 staff.
05-Oct-2015

Begbies Traynor has acquired the assets of Sheffield-based P&A Partnership out of administration for up to £0.9m, with the transfer of 36 staff.
05-Oct-2015

Rowan Dartington is planning to set up new wealth management offices in Birmingham and elsewhere.
05-Oct-2015

Rathbone Brothers is to acquire Vision Independent Financial Planning and Castle Investment Solutions, the Falmouth-based financial advice firms, for up to £18m.
05-Oct-2015

Ramsdens Solicitors is to merge with Baxter Caulfield to create a combined West Yorkshire-based law firm with 23 partners and 250 staff.
05-Oct-2015

LV has acquired a majority stake in Wealth Wizards for undisclosed terms, with the creation of at least 20 jobs at the Leamington-based online finance business over the next 18 months.
05-Oct-2015

Rickard Keen is to merge with Bird Luckin to create a combined Essex-based chartered accountancy business.
01-Oct-2015

Endsleigh is to relocate its Burnley-based insurance office to a new site in the town centre in January, with the creation of 100 jobs.
29-Sep-2015

Dow Schofield Watts is looking to increase the 41-strong workforce at its new corporate finance office at Daresbury Park in Cheshire to 60.
29-Sep-2015

First Dorset Credit Union is to merge with Yeovil-based Camelot Credit Union to create a combined not-for-profit bank called Wyvern Savings & Loans with about 20 sites.
28-Sep-2015

Al Rayan Bank is to relocate its Birmingham-based headquarters and 100 staff to a new 17,600 sq ft office in Edgbaston.
28-Sep-2015

Swiss Re is to acquire Guardian Financial Services, the London-based life insurance firm, for £1.6bn.
24-Sep-2015

European Wealth has acquired the financial planning business of Bells Solicitors, the Surrey-based legal firm, for £0.7m.
23-Sep-2015

Great Annual Savings Group is planning to create more than 50 jobs at its Seaham-based cost management business by the end of next year.
23-Sep-2015

Clyde & Co is to merge with Simpson & Marwick, the law firm with 45 partners and offices in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, North Berwick and Newcastle upon Tyne.
21-Sep-2015

JLT Employee Benefits is to acquire the corporate business of Close Brothers Asset Management for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 40 staff from the London-based financial advice firm .
21-Sep-2015

PKF Cooper Parry is to create 20 new jobs at its Castle Donington-based business advisory and accountancy office.
21-Sep-2015

Serco is to sell its Business Process Outsourcing operation to US-based private equity firm Blackstone for £250m.
17-Sep-2015

Domestic & General is to create up to 230 new jobs at its call centre in Nottingham by the end of the year.
16-Sep-2015

Great Annual Savings Group is to create ten apprenticeships at its East Durham-based cost management business.
16-Sep-2015

IRESS of Australia is to acquire Proquote, the London-based market data and trading services firm, for undisclosed terms.
16-Sep-2015

Aberdeen Asset Management has acquired Advanced Emerging Capital, the London-based fund manager, for undisclosed terms.
16-Sep-2015

Attivo has acquired CR Toogood Financial Planning, the Surrey-based IFA.
16-Sep-2015

Trowers & Hamlins is to merge with Stones Solicitors of Devon to create a combined law firm with nearly 800 staff.
16-Sep-2015

AXA Group has acquired Global Insurance Management, the Coventry-based provider of warranties and insurance services.
16-Sep-2015

Fidelis is to set up a 10,000 sq ft insurance office at the Leadenhall Building in the City of London.
16-Sep-2015

PwC is to create more than 1,500 new jobs at its accountancy business over the next year.
15-Sep-2015

Marsh has acquired Jelf Group, the Bristol-based insurance broker and financial consultancy with 37 offices, for £258m.
15-Sep-2015

Infinity Asset Management is to relocate its Manchester-based fund management business to a 4,500 sq ft office at the Abito building in Salford Quays.
14-Sep-2015

AXA Insurance has acquired a 6,900 sq ft office at 21 Queen Street in Leeds.
14-Sep-2015

MGC Hayles has sold its Birmingham and Nottingham accountancy offices out of administration to Seagrave French, while the Leicester office has been acquired by Hayles Leicester.
14-Sep-2015

Now Pensions is to set up a new 20,000 sq ft office in Nottingham, with the creation of up to 250 jobs over the next two years.
10-Sep-2015

Mattioli Woods has acquired Taylor Patterson, the Preston-based wealth management and employee benefits firm with 38 staff, for an initial £5m.
10-Sep-2015

Whiting & Partners is seeking permission to build a 500 sq m office in March by 2017, for the relocation of its Cambridgeshire-based accountancy business.
10-Sep-2015

Shoosmiths is to set up a 32,000 sq ft office for its law firm at the XYZ building in Manchester's Spinningfields next year.
09-Sep-2015

Peterhouse Corporate Finance has acquired London-based Hume Capital Management and Hume Capital (Guernsey).
09-Sep-2015

Caledonia Investments is to acquire a majority stake in Seven Investment Management, the London-based fund management firm, for £100m.
09-Sep-2015

RehabWorks has acquired Right Management Workplace, the Hampshire-based employee assistance firm with about 40 staff.
09-Sep-2015

Amlin Insurance, the London-based global insurer with 1,900 staff, has been acquired by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance of Japan for £3.5bn.
09-Sep-2015

Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire Parmenion, the Bristol-based fund manager, for undisclosed terms.
08-Sep-2015

Nicklin has acquired Henn & Westwood, the financial services firm with offices in Halesowen and Wolverhampton, for undisclosed terms.
08-Sep-2015

Woodgate & Clark, the Kent-based loss adjusting firm, has been acquired by Dutch company Van Ameyde Group.
08-Sep-2015

Equiniti has acquired TransGlobal Payment Solutions, the foreign exchange services firm with offices in St Helens and London.
08-Sep-2015

Birkett Long has acquired Asher Prior Bates, the Colchester-based law firm.
07-Sep-2015

Alderson Law has merged with Hipkin & Co, the Tyneside-based law firm, to create a combined group with offices in Morpeth, Blyth and Whitley Bay.
03-Sep-2015

Wesupply, the Coventry-based supply chain enabling firm, has been acquired by HighJump of the US.
03-Sep-2015

Wealth at Work has acquired Life Academy, the Newport-based education and employee engagement firm.
03-Sep-2015

BPE Solicitors is to relocate its Stroud-based law firm and 20 staff to Bonds Mill by the end of the year.
03-Sep-2015

Bevan Brittan is expanding its London-based law firm with a fourth site at Toronto Square in Leeds.
02-Sep-2015

Innovation Group, the Hampshire-based insurance claims technology firm, is to be acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Group for £500m.
02-Sep-2015

Wesleyan has acquired DPAS, the Wiltshire-based dental plan provider, for undisclosed terms.
01-Sep-2015

LHS Solicitors is setting up a new 7,000 sq ft law office at The Observatory in Manchester.
01-Sep-2015

Legal & General is reported to be planning to create up to 400 new jobs at its Cardiff-based financial services operation over the next two years.
27-Aug-2015

One Sure is to create up to 80 jobs at its insurance business in Stoke-on-Trent over the next three years.
27-Aug-2015

Succession Group has acquired Lymington-based Highcliffe Financial Management and Worcester-based Highgrove Financial Planning for £7m.
27-Aug-2015

Mazars has acquired CompetitionRx, the London-based compliance advisory firm.
27-Aug-2015

Tilney Bestinvest has acquired Webb Holton & Associates, the Birmingham-based financial planning firm, as part of its nationwide expansion plan.
27-Aug-2015

International Financial Data Services is to create 100 new customer service, management and technical jobs in Stirling.
26-Aug-2015

Ison Harrison has acquired Castleford-based Maurice Smiths, creating a combined law firm with ten offices and 200 staff.
26-Aug-2015

Nicklin's Accountants is planning to set up a new office at the former Halesowen Baptist Church near Stourbridge.
26-Aug-2015

Leonteq Securities is to relocate its London-based financial operations to a 16,000 sq ft office at The Shard.
26-Aug-2015

RSA Insurance has agreed to a provisional £5.6bn takeover bid from Zurich.
26-Aug-2015

Granite Financial, the Newry-based accident management firm with 50 staff, has been acquired by a new company called GFL SPV for undisclosed terms.
25-Aug-2015

Hampden Capital is to open a 12,600 sq ft office at 40 Gracechurch Street in the City of London.
20-Aug-2015

Insurance Surgery, the Macclesfield-based medical claims firm, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Seneca Partners.
20-Aug-2015

Mattioli Woods is to relocate its Leicester-based financial advice business and 300 staff to a new 62,000 sq ft office by 2017, and plans to create 150 new jobs.
18-Aug-2015

Yorkshire Building Society is looking to expand the 430-strong workforce at its mortgage processing office in Peterborough with 50 new jobs.
18-Aug-2015

Albany Assistance is to expand the 500-strong workforce at its County Durham-based claims management business with 30 new jobs.
18-Aug-2015

Chase Templeton has acquired Atlas Consulting Group, the Rochdale-based employee benefits firm, for undisclosed terms.
18-Aug-2015

Wealth at Work, the Liverpool-based financial services firm with 120 staff, has undergone a £50m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe.
17-Aug-2015

Abbey Bond Lovis, the Belfast-based insurance broker, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Global Risk Partners.
17-Aug-2015

Currencies Direct, the London-based foreign exchange firm, has been acquired by private equity firms Corsair and Palamon Capital for more than £200m.
13-Aug-2015

Sanlam Wealth Planning has acquired FA Watts Investment Managers, the Hampshire-based advice firm, for undisclosed terms.
13-Aug-2015

Optimal Payments has acquired Skrill, the London-based digital money transfer firm with 560 staff, for about £0.8bn.
12-Aug-2015

Renshaw Bay, the London-based asset management firm, is to sell its real estate finance business to GAM, with the transfer of ten staff.
12-Aug-2015

Just Retirement is to merge with Partnership Assurance in a £1.7bn deal that will create a combined London-based pensions business called JRP Group.
12-Aug-2015

Co-operative Group is to relocate its CFS Management Services and CIS General Insurance operations to a 35,000 sq ft office at Arndale House in Manchester.
11-Aug-2015

Capita is to sell National Dental Plan, the London-based provider of workplace dental insurance, to Unum Group for £32m.
11-Aug-2015

Lowell Group, the Leeds-based credit management firm with 1,200 staff, has been acquired by private equity firm Permira for undisclosed terms.
11-Aug-2015

AFH Financial is to acquire Davisons Financial Management of Devon for up to £2.9m.
10-Aug-2015

IOMA Fund & Investment Management of the Isle of Man is to undergo a management buy-out and will be rebranded as FIM Capital.
10-Aug-2015

Wake Smith is to relocate its Sheffield-based law firm and up to 100 staff to the Velocity V1 tower on Tenter Street in early 2016.
10-Aug-2015

Chantrey Vellacott has announced a management buy-out of its business recovery division, creating a new London-based firm called CVR Global with 60 staff.
10-Aug-2015

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is to relocate its European headquarters to a 44,000 sq ft office at One New Ludgate in London.
10-Aug-2015

Jelf has acquired Libra Insurance Services, the Hertfordshire-based insurance firm, for undisclosed terms.
10-Aug-2015

Dollar Financial UK is to relocate the Nottingham-based headquarters of its financial services business to a new unit at Castle Marina by early 2016.
06-Aug-2015

Royal Bank of Scotland has sold an initial 51% stake in Cairn Capital, the London-based asset management firm, to Mediobanca of Italy.
06-Aug-2015

Hiscox has acquired RH Specialist Insurance, the Brentwood-based classic car insurance firm.
06-Aug-2015

PwC is to relocate its Southampton office to a 10,000 sq ft temporary unit at Oceana House.
05-Aug-2015

Fairpoint Group has acquired Colemans, the Manchester-based legal services firm with 200 staff, for £9m.
04-Aug-2015

Provident Financial Group is looking to expand its Bradford-based finance firm into an additional site in the city centre.
03-Aug-2015

Royal Bank of Scotland is creating 70 new jobs at its Mortgage Centre in Inverclyde.
03-Aug-2015

Davies Group has acquired Managed Fleet Services, the Colchester-based motor insurance firm with about 65 staff.
03-Aug-2015

Mediobanca of Italy is reported to be relocating its London office to a 25,000 sq ft site at 62 Buckingham Gate in London Victoria.
03-Aug-2015

Learning Technologies Group is to acquire Eukleia, the London-based financial e-learning provider with 51 staff, for an initial £7.5m.
03-Aug-2015

Michael Lewin Solicitors of Leeds has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
03-Aug-2015

Inspired Capital, the Manchester-based financial firm, has been acquired by Bentley Park for £47m.
03-Aug-2015

AFH Financial has acquired Derby-based Quest Financial Management for £0.3m and Blackburn-based Phoenix Independent Financial Services for £0.2m.
28-Jul-2015

Chase Templeton has acquired Best Go Private, the Hertfordshire-based private medical insurance intermediary.
28-Jul-2015

Birkett Long is planning to relocate its Colchester-based financial advice business to a new 20,000 sq ft development at Sheepen Place.
28-Jul-2015

Seventeen Group has acquired Professional Insurance Advisers of Rickmansworth for undisclosed terms.
27-Jul-2015

Birketts has won permission to relocate its Ipswich-based law firm to a new 50,000 sq ft site on Princes Street in 2017.
27-Jul-2015

Sharps Pixley is to open a gold showroom at 54 St James's Street in London this autumn.
23-Jul-2015

Houlihan Lokey of the US has acquired McQueen, the London-based corporate finance advisor.
23-Jul-2015

Admiral is to create a further 280 jobs at its insurance call centres in Newport, Cardiff and Swansea.
21-Jul-2015

NW Brown is to acquire the financial planning division of Cambridge-based S-Tech Insurance Services for undisclosed terms.
20-Jul-2015

Marshall Wace is to relocate its London-based asset management business to 131 Sloane Street later this year.
20-Jul-2015

Ashurst is planning to set up a 275,000 sq ft law office at the London Fruit & Wool Exchange in Spitalfields.
20-Jul-2015

DRW Trading Group is to relocate its London office to the Leadenhall Building.
20-Jul-2015

JM Glendinning has acquired AS Green, the Scarborough-based insurance broker, and plans to create 20 new jobs over the next two years.
20-Jul-2015

Helios Underwriting is to acquire Nameco No 76 and Kempton Underwriting, limited liability members of Lloyd's, for £2.4m.
16-Jul-2015

Aviva is planning to transform Willow House in Norwich into a major motor insurance claims handling office, with the creation of 400 jobs.
13-Jul-2015

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is looking to expand its office space in the City of London from 90,000 sq ft to 200,000 sq ft.
13-Jul-2015

Acenden is to relocate its mortgage services business to a 52,000 sq ft office at Maidenhead Office Park this year.
13-Jul-2015

Ince & Co is considering plans to relocate its London-based law firm to a 40,000 sq ft office at 5 Churchill Place in Canary Wharf.
13-Jul-2015

P&A is to relocate its Sheffield-based insolvency business and 45 staff to Kendal House this summer.
13-Jul-2015

Claims Consortium Group is expanding the 235-strong workforce at its Taunton-based insurance claims business with 30 new jobs.
09-Jul-2015

Mitchell Charlesworth has merged with Liverpool-based accountancy Kemp & Co.
09-Jul-2015

Chase De Vere is to relocate its Manchester-based financial advice office to a 15,000 sq ft unit at Exchange Quay.
09-Jul-2015

Advent International is to set up a 25,000 sq ft office at the Nova South development in London's Victoria.
08-Jul-2015

S&U is to sell Loansathome4u, the Solihull-based home credit business with 300 staff at 40 sites, to Non-Standard Finance for £82m.
08-Jul-2015

Aon Benfield is to set up a 10,000 sq ft insurance office at Mercury Place in Leicester.
08-Jul-2015

Greenberg Traurig Maher is to relocate its London-based law firm to a 20,000 sq ft office at The Shard.
07-Jul-2015

UNiDays is to create up to 200 jobs at its Nottingham-based student discounts business by the end of the year.
06-Jul-2015

PwC is to relocate its Leeds office and 700 staff to a 55,000 sq ft unit at the £100m Central Square development in 2016.
06-Jul-2015

Irwin Mitchell has acquired the commercial debt recovery business of Sheffield-based P&A Receivables Services.
06-Jul-2015

Kingscott Dix has merged with Guilifoyle Sage to create an enlarged Gloucester-based accountancy with 50 staff.
06-Jul-2015

Baldwins Accountants has acquired Derby-based Parkinson Matthews, taking its network of offices to 14.
06-Jul-2015

Menzies has merged with Harris Lipman, the accountancy firm with offices in London and Cardiff.
06-Jul-2015

Capita has acquired Vertex Mortgage Services of Cheltenham for £35m, with the transfer of 340 staff.
06-Jul-2015

Castleton Commodities International is to set up a 22,000 sq ft office at 20 Fenchurch Street in London.
06-Jul-2015

MHA Bloomer Heaven, the Birmingham-based accountancy, has merged with MHA MacIntyre Hudson.
06-Jul-2015

Natixis Global Asset Management of France is to open a 16,000 sq ft office at One Carter Lane in the City of London.
06-Jul-2015

WorldRemit is to relocate its London-based financial technology business to a 25,000 sq ft office at 62 Buckingham Gate.
06-Jul-2015

Willis is to merge with Towers Watson to create a combined insurance and HR group with 39,000 staff worldwide and 6,000 in the UK.
06-Jul-2015

Hillyer McKeown is to relocate 12 staff to a new law office in Liverpool city centre in July.
06-Jul-2015

Cartwright King is relocating its Nottingham law office to a 6,000 sq ft unit at Lock House.
06-Jul-2015

Switalskis has merged with Honley Law Practice of Huddersfield, taking its office network to 12.
06-Jul-2015

Cartwright King has merged with Oxfordshire-based law firm Macnab Clarke, taking its office network to 18.
06-Jul-2015

Mattioli Woods is to acquire Boyd Coughlan, the Buckingham-based financial advice firm, for £7m.
22-Jun-2015

KPMG has acquired Boxwood, the London-based management consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
22-Jun-2015

Thorntons Solicitors of Dundee is to merge with Montrose-based law firm Watts Law.
22-Jun-2015

Watson Moore has merged with Axon Resourcing, the financial recruitment firm with offices in Wolverhampton, Castle Donington and Warrington.
22-Jun-2015

Paymentshield is creating 25 new jobs at its Southport-based insurance business.
22-Jun-2015

Aetna Global Benefits is to set up a 20,000 sq ft office at 25 Templer Avenue in Farnborough.
18-Jun-2015

TPG is to relocate its London-based private equity business to a 27,000 sq ft office at Park House in the West End later this year.
17-Jun-2015

Bennett Verby is creating 13 jobs at its accountancy offices in Manchester, Stockport and London.
16-Jun-2015

Marston Holdings has acquired Scott & Co, the Edinburgh-based debt collection firm that includes Perth-based AA Hutton, for undisclosed terms.
16-Jun-2015

Hargreave Hale is looking to create 20 new jobs at its Blackpool-based stockbroking business.
11-Jun-2015

Clyde & Co is relocating its Manchester-based law firm to an 11,000 sq ft office at the Royal Exchange.
10-Jun-2015

Succession Group has acquired DNG Financial Solutions, the financial advice firm with offices in Daventry and Northampton, for £2.9m.
10-Jun-2015

Weightmans is to merge with Ford & Warren, the Leeds-based law firm with about 100 staff.
09-Jun-2015

Grant Thornton is to create 71 new jobs at its two professional services offices in Belfast.
08-Jun-2015

Saffery Champness is planning to set up a 33,000 sq ft accountancy office at 71 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London.
08-Jun-2015

Brooks Macdonald is to relocate its London-based wealth management business to an 18,000 sq ft office at 72 Welbeck Street.
08-Jun-2015

Switalskis has merged with Steel & Co, the law firm with offices in Knaresborough and Boston Spa, and now employs 220 staff at 11 branches.
08-Jun-2015

Sigma Financial Group is planning to create 700 jobs in Birmingham over the next 18 months, using new office space at the Mclaren building in Priory Queensway.
04-Jun-2015

Law Society of Scotland is to relocate up to 120 staff to a 19,000 sq ft office at Atria One in Edinburgh later this year.
04-Jun-2015

Peninsula Services Group is to acquire Capita's employee assistance programme business, in order to expand its Health Assured division in Manchester.
04-Jun-2015

Brit Insurance is to relocate from Bishopsgate to a 66,000 sq ft office at The Leadenhall Building in London.
03-Jun-2015

Great Annual Savings Group is relocating its business cost consultancy from South Shields to Seaham, with the creation of 89 jobs.
02-Jun-2015

Playtech is to acquire Plus500, the financial trading firm listed in London, for £460m.
02-Jun-2015

Marsh is to acquire SME Insurance Services, the Leeds-based commercial insurance broker with 120 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Jun-2015

Milners Solicitors is relocating its Leeds-based law firm and 26 staff to Whitehall Waterfront.
02-Jun-2015

Peninsula Business Services is to create 50 new jobs for graduates at its Manchester-based employment law business over the next 18 months.
01-Jun-2015

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to set up a 40,000 sq ft legal and business services centre at Arndale House in Manchester this year.
01-Jun-2015

Handelsbanken is to set up a 3,000 sq ft banking office at 66 Queen Square in Bristol later this year.
01-Jun-2015

Shakespeares is to relocate its Birmingham-based law firm to a 45,000 sq ft office at Colmore Square, following its merger with SGH Martineau.
01-Jun-2015

Cartwright King is to merge with Garstangs Burrows Bussin, the law firm with 20 staff in Manchester and Bolton.
01-Jun-2015

Crystal Specialist Finance is to create up to 20 new jobs at its Tamworth headquarters over the next year.
01-Jun-2015

European Wealth is to acquire Greensnow, the London-based financial planning firm trading as ISM Solutions, for up to £3m.
28-May-2015

Blemain Group is looking to create an unspecified number of jobs at its Cheadle-based financial services business, including finance, IT and marketing staff.
27-May-2015

Randall & Quilter is to acquire IC Insurance, the captive insurer for ICI, for £17m.
27-May-2015

Financial Conduct Authority is to set up a 425,000 sq ft office at the new International Quarter development due for completion in London's Stratford by 2018.
26-May-2015

Flint Bishop is to create 34 new jobs at law offices in Derby and Ashbourne.
26-May-2015

University of Derby is to open a law school at the £20m 32,000 sq ft One Friar Gate Square building.
26-May-2015

Wollen Michelmore is planning to relocate its Torquay-based law firm to a 12,000 sq ft office under development on Torwood Street.
21-May-2015

Penningtons Manches, the law firm, is to set up a 39,000 sq ft office at 125 Wood Street in the City of London.
21-May-2015

HCB Solicitors & Accountants has merged with Berry & Berry Law, the Manchester-based law firm with 14 staff, taking its office network to 23.
20-May-2015

Harper Macleod is looking to expand its Glasgow-based law firm with new offices across Scotland, and 27 Edinburgh-based staff will relocate to 65 Haymarket Terrace in June.
19-May-2015

Alliance Trust Savings has acquired the Edinburgh-based Stocktrade share trading division of Brewin Dolphin for £14m.
18-May-2015

Fleet Mortgages is to relocate to a new headquarters in Fleet, Hampshire, in August, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
18-May-2015

Attivo has expanded its IFA business by acquiring Porter DeVere of Herts, Morgan Fitzgerald of Worcester, Lifetime Financial of London and Pearson Financial of Bracknell.
18-May-2015

Fairpoint Group is looking to create 60 new jobs at its debt management office in Chorley.
14-May-2015

Integro has acquired Kite Warren & Wilson, the London-based marine insurance broker.
14-May-2015

RSB Macdonald of Dundee is to merge with Lindsays, the Edinburgh-based law firm with about 200 staff, to form RSB Lindsays.
14-May-2015

Citation has acquired QMS International, the Norwich-based ISO consultancy with 60 staff.
14-May-2015

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is to relocate to a 37,000 sq ft office at the Adelphi building in London in January 2016.
13-May-2015

Bellpenny has expanded its financial advice business with the acquisition of Caledonia Edinburgh and Warwickshire-based Rawson Steele.
12-May-2015

Pure Legal Costs Consultants is setting up a 4,000 sq ft legal services office at Kings Business Park in Huyton.
12-May-2015

Addleshaw Goddard has confirmed plans to relocate its Manchester law firm to a 55,000 sq ft office at One St Peter's Square in 2017.
11-May-2015

Deutsche Bank is reported to be planning to open a 350,000 sq ft office at 10 Upper Bank Street in London's Canary Wharf.
11-May-2015

Lloyds Banking Group has sold Clerical Medical, the Isle of Man-based life insurance company with 100 staff, to RL360 for undisclosed terms.
11-May-2015

Car Loan 4U is to create 50 jobs at its new car finance office at St Ann's Square in Manchester this year.
07-May-2015

Metro Bank is reported to be considering plans for a new 150,000 sq ft headquarters at Ruskin Square in Croydon.
07-May-2015

Tavistock Investments has acquired Duchy Independent Financial Advisers of Cornwall for £0.3m.
07-May-2015

HSBC Bank is to sell its UK probate services business to Simplify Channel, with the transfer of up to 73 staff.
07-May-2015

Panmure Gordon is planning to acquire the London-based broking division of Charles Stanley for undisclosed terms.
07-May-2015

Howden Insurance Brokers has acquired Brighton-based Care Home Insurance Services and PrimeCare.
07-May-2015

Zoopla is to acquire uSwitch, the London-based price comparison website with 181 staff, for £160m.
05-May-2015

Trethowans has merged with Dickinson Manser, the Poole-based law firm.
05-May-2015

AFH Financial has bought Stroud-based Independent Financial Services for £4.1m, with the transfer of 35 financial advisers.
05-May-2015

PaymentSense is creating up to 20 jobs at its new payments processing training office in Hull.
05-May-2015

Myhomemove is planning to double the 100-strong workforce at its Manchester-based house conveyancing service over the next year.
30-Apr-2015

Berwin Leighton Paisner is planning to expand the staffing levels at its new Manchester-based law office from 50 to 100 over the next year.
29-Apr-2015

Coverbox is looking to triple the size of its car insurance business, having just moved 40 staff to a new headquarters in Peterborough.
29-Apr-2015

Benchmark International is looking to double the 100-strong workforce at its Bolton-based corporate broking business over the next 18 months.
29-Apr-2015

DWF is to merge with Watmores, the London-based law firm with 26 staff.
27-Apr-2015

Paul Browne Solicitors is to merge with Hegarty Solicitors, which has offices in Peterborough and Stamford.
27-Apr-2015

PI Costing is to create 30 new jobs at its Doncaster-based legal costs business by the end of the year.
27-Apr-2015

Handelsbanken is planning to set up a corporate banking office at Salt Quay House in Plymouth.
27-Apr-2015

Harbinson Mulholland is planning to create up to 50 new jobs at its Belfast-based accountancy over the next few years.
23-Apr-2015

Evolution Money is setting up a 12,000 sq ft loans office at 9 Portland Street in central Manchester.
23-Apr-2015

Axiom UK is to invest £9m in the expansion of its Belfast-based law firm, with the creation of 97 jobs over the next five years.
22-Apr-2015

Lloyd's Register has relocated its Coventry office to a 27,000 sq ft unit at One Trinity Park in Solihull.
22-Apr-2015

Baldwins Accountants has acquired Cox Jerome to create an enlarged Walsall-based accountancy office with 35 staff.
21-Apr-2015

Call Connection is to create 40 new jobs at its Newcastle-based insurance sales call centre.
20-Apr-2015

Thorntons Solicitors is looking to double the 20 staff at its new law office in Edinburgh over the next few years.
20-Apr-2015

Close Brothers Asset Management has acquired Mackay Stewart & Brown, the Edinburgh-based chartered financial planning firm, for undisclosed terms.
20-Apr-2015

Nelsons Solicitors has acquired Moody & Woolley, the Derby-based law firm with 32 staff.
16-Apr-2015

Clough & Company is to merge with BHP to create a combined Yorkshire-based accountancy group with 270 staff at six offices.
16-Apr-2015

Addleshaw Goddard is to relocate its Leeds-based law firm and 400 staff to part of a new 93,000 sq ft office under development at 3 Sovereign Square in 2016.
15-Apr-2015

Artorius Wealth is to create up to 18 jobs at a new wealth management office due to open at The Boardwalk in Manchester in May.
14-Apr-2015

KPMG is looking to recruit an initial 110 apprentices at professional services offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Manchester.
14-Apr-2015

Ashfords is looking to recruit 25 trainees at its Devon-based law firm by September 2017.
14-Apr-2015

Aldermore is reported to be seeking a suitable site in central Manchester for a new 20,000 sq ft private banking office.
13-Apr-2015

Chantrey Vellacott is to merge with Moore Stephens to create a combined accountancy group with 1,700 staff.
13-Apr-2015

Oxford Policy Management is considering plans to relocate its Oxford-based international consultancy office to an 18,000 sq ft office at the Clarendon Centre.
13-Apr-2015

Barclays is to set up a banking fraud detection centre in Sunderland, with the creation of 200 jobs.
09-Apr-2015

Omlis is planning to expand the 43-strong workforce at its Newcastle-based mobile payments technology business to 120 by the end of the year.
08-Apr-2015

UK Visas & Immigration is reported to be planning to set up a 50,000 sq ft office at the Soapworks site in Salford Quays.
08-Apr-2015

Fast Track Reclaim is to expand the 250-strong workforce at its Teesside-based claims management business with 100 new jobs.
07-Apr-2015

Begbies Traynor has acquired Broadbents, the business recovery firm with offices in York and Hartlepool, for an initial £0.2m.
02-Apr-2015

Almary Green has acquired Jones Financial Planning of Lowestoft for undisclosed terms.
02-Apr-2015

AFH Financial has acquired Clarendon Financial Solutions of Nottingham for £0.5m.
02-Apr-2015

Legal & General has acquired New Life Home Finance, the Solihull-based mortgage company, for £5m.
02-Apr-2015

Albany Assistance is to expand the 500-strong workforce at its Peterlee-based insurance claims management business with 50 new jobs.
01-Apr-2015

Howes Percival is to relocate its Norwich-based law firm to a new £3m 15,000 sq ft office on Bedding Lane.
01-Apr-2015

EY has confirmed plans to relocate its Manchester accountancy and 450 staff to a 41,000 sq ft office at Two St Peter's Square by 2017.
31-Mar-2015

Slater & Gordon is to acquire the professional services division of Hampshire-based insurance outsourcing firm Quindell for £637m.
31-Mar-2015

Newell Palmer Financial Planning of Wolverhampton has acquired Abingdon-based Jenner Financial Management for undisclosed terms.
31-Mar-2015

Freeclaim Solicitors is to relocate 60 staff from Wythenshawe to an 11,600 sq ft office at Cheadle Royal Business Park.
30-Mar-2015

Rathbone Brothers has acquired a 5,100 sq ft office at 8 Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow.
30-Mar-2015

Loan.co.uk is planning to create 20 new jobs at its Manchester-based loans broking business over the next six months.
30-Mar-2015

Scott-Moncrieff is to merge with Callander Colgan, the Inverness-based accountancy with 12 staff.
30-Mar-2015

Deloitte is to set up an additional 275,000 sq ft office at 1 New Street Square in London's Midtown in autumn 2017.
26-Mar-2015

ERS is to relocate to a larger office and expand the workforce at its Swansea-based motor insurance business from 230 to 398.
26-Mar-2015

Colmore Insurance Brokers is looking to create up to 15 jobs at its new office in Birmingham over the next 18 months.
26-Mar-2015

Sunderland Marine is to relocate its insurance business and 60 staff from Durham to the headquarters of North of England P&I Association in Newcastle.
26-Mar-2015

Berry & Cooper is to open a corporate recovery office at St Paul's Square in Liverpool.
26-Mar-2015

HSBC is to relocate its retail business bank headquarters and 1,000 jobs from London to a 210,000 sq ft office at Arena Central in Birmingham by 2019.
25-Mar-2015

Hastings Direct is planning to set up a 16,000 sq ft insurance call centre at the Equinox tower in Leicester.
25-Mar-2015

Bellpenny is to relocate its Birmingham-based wealth management business and about 50 staff to a 9,000 sq ft office at 45 Church Street in April.
25-Mar-2015

Royal London is planning to expand its mutual life and pensions office in Wilmslow onto an adjacent site, with the creation of 450 jobs.
24-Mar-2015

AnaCap Financial Partners, the private equity firm, has acquired a 16,000 sq ft office at 1 Stephen Street in London.
24-Mar-2015

Admiral has announced plans to expand the 1,748-strong workforce at its insurance call centre in Swansea with 65 new jobs.
23-Mar-2015

TSB, the bank with 632 branches and 8,700 staff, is to be acquired by Banco de Sabadell of Spain for £1.7bn.
23-Mar-2015

PwC is to relocate its Manchester-based professional services office and 750 staff to a 50,000 sq ft unit at Spinningfields in 2017.
19-Mar-2015

Danbro is planning to expand the workforce at its Lytham St Annes-based accountancy from 185 to 500 over the next five years.
19-Mar-2015

Euler Hermes is relocating its Birmingham-based credit insurance business to a 3,200 sq ft office at Enterprise House this month.
19-Mar-2015

Oddfellows Friendly Society is to acquire the Druids Sheffield Friendly Society, including assets valued at £45m.
18-Mar-2015

Towergate is to sell London-based mortgage broker John Charcol and Towergate Financial Planning to a management team backed by Palatine Private Equity for £14m.
18-Mar-2015

Rowleys has acquired Kemp Taylor, the Leicester-based accountancy.
17-Mar-2015

TSB has received a £1.7bn takeover approach from Banco de Sabadell of Spain.
16-Mar-2015

Bower Retirement Services has acquired Sixty Plus, the Surrey-based equity release firm.
16-Mar-2015

Leeds Law Society is to relocate from Albion Place to 62 Wellington Street.
16-Mar-2015

Waverton Investments is considering plans to relocate its London office to a 20,000 sq ft unit at St James's Square.
16-Mar-2015

Talk Loans is looking to create up to 30 jobs at its new consumer finance loans business in Norwich over the next year.
12-Mar-2015

Barclays is planning to recruit 800 apprentices this year, including 150 at its Liverpool-based banking call centre and branch network.
12-Mar-2015

Hastings Direct is planning to open an insurance call centre in Leicester, with the creation of up to 230 jobs.
11-Mar-2015

Staysure is to open a travel insurance office at Sherbourne House in Coventry this summer, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
10-Mar-2015

Walker Crips has acquired Barker Poland Asset Management of London for an initial £4.2m.
10-Mar-2015

PKF Cooper Parry is looking to open an accountancy office with up to 75 staff in Birmingham, and would consider a merger or acquisition.
10-Mar-2015

Funding Circle is reported to be planning to set up a 32,000 sq ft office at 71 Queen Victoria Street in London.
09-Mar-2015

Pantheon is to relocate its London-based fund management business to a 17,000 sq ft office at 10 Finsbury Square.
09-Mar-2015

O'Neill Patient is to expand the 220-strong workforce at its Stockport-based legal services business with at least 30 new jobs.
09-Mar-2015

Money Advice Group has sold Manchester-based Kensington Financial Management Consultants to PDHL for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 48 staff.
09-Mar-2015

Naylor Wintersgill has merged with Bradford-based accountancy Auker Rhodes.
09-Mar-2015

SG Hambros Bank is reported to be planning to relocate its London office to an 8,000 sq ft unit at 8 St James's Square.
09-Mar-2015

Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to set up an accelerator hub for up to 80 entrepreneurs at its headquarters in Edinburgh.
05-Mar-2015

Succession Group has acquired Cassidy Coutts, the Hampshire-based tax planning and investment firm, for £1.5m.
04-Mar-2015

AFH Financial has acquired the assets of Rochester-based CIB Wealth Management for £1m.
03-Mar-2015

Shakespeares is in merger talks with SGH Martineau, which could lead to the creation of a combined Birmingham-based law firm with 900 staff.
03-Mar-2015

ULS Technology has expanded its Oxfordshire-based conveyancing platforms business with the acquisition of risk management firm Legal Eye for an initial £1.1m.
03-Mar-2015

Hines has let a 16,000 sq ft office at the Broadgate Quarter in the City of London to Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation.
02-Mar-2015

RGA Underwriting is setting up a 16,000 sq ft insurance office at 27 Great West Road in Brentford.
02-Mar-2015

Kaplan Financial is to relocate its London-based accountancy training business to a 51,000 sq ft office on Holloway Road.
02-Mar-2015

Trowers & Hamlins is to relocate its Manchester-based law firm and 70 staff to a 17,000 sq ft office at 55 Princess Street in May.
26-Feb-2015

Hentons has acquired Brookroyd Payroll, the West Yorkshire-based accountancy firm, for undisclosed terms.
24-Feb-2015

GLF Richards has merged with Liverpool-based accountancy Haines Watts.
24-Feb-2015

Ulster Bank is to create 350 new jobs at its call centre in Belfast, with a £0.3m investment in additional office space.
23-Feb-2015

Nationwide is to create 200 new jobs in Bournemouth, Dunfermline and Northampton, in order to expand the NOW video service that links branches to financial consultants.
23-Feb-2015

Charles Taylor has acquired a 50% stake in Almond One and 100% of Almond Two from mutual insurance association The Standard Club for £6.3m.
23-Feb-2015

HarbourVest is to relocate its London-based private equity business to an 11,000 sq ft office at 33 Jermyn Street.
23-Feb-2015

Wesleyan has acquired Syscap, the loans and asset finance firm with 69 staff in Surrey and Cheshire, for undisclosed terms.
23-Feb-2015

Man Group has acquired NewSmith, the London-based boutique investment bank, for undisclosed terms.
23-Feb-2015

Easby Gale & Phillipson has merged with Jonathanfry to create a combined financial planning group with offices across Yorkshire and the North East.
19-Feb-2015

Aberdein Considine is to expand its Aberdeen-based law firm with a legal centre in Glasgow and 100 new jobs over the next five years.
18-Feb-2015

Intelligent Insurance is planning to create up to 100 jobs at its home insurance business in Ringwood this year.
18-Feb-2015

Copeland Council is to relocate its customer services, housing and benefits departments from the Copeland Centre to Whitehaven Market Hall.
18-Feb-2015

Brit Insurance, the London-based insurance firm, is to be acquired by Fairfax Financial of Canada for £1.2bn.
18-Feb-2015

Atom Bank has confirmed plans to create 170 jobs at its new online bank based at Northumbria House in Durham, having sold a stake to Durham County Council.
17-Feb-2015

Novia Global is to create up to 30 jobs at its new offshore finance business in Bath over the next two years.
17-Feb-2015

Helios Underwriting is to acquire Updown Underwriting, the limited liability member of Lloyd's, for £0.6m.
17-Feb-2015

Gibbs Denley has merged with Chelmsford-based Elliott Financial Management, and now has almost £300m under management.
17-Feb-2015

Bitnet is planning to double the 30-strong workforce at its Belfast-based digital currency business.
16-Feb-2015

Slater & Gordon is to acquire Leo Abse & Cohen, the Cardiff-based law firm with about 150 staff, as well as four offices from Chester-based Walker Smith Way.
12-Feb-2015

Attivo Group has acquired Reading-based Sanderson Financial Consulting for undisclosed terms.
11-Feb-2015

AFH Financial has acquired Kidderminster-based KL Plester Financial Services for up to £1.7m.
11-Feb-2015

Grant Thornton has acquired Recovery Cost Auditing Group, with the transfer of six staff from Preston to Manchester.
11-Feb-2015

BDO is to relocate its Norwich-based accountancy office to Yare House on Thorpe Road.
11-Feb-2015

Barclays is looking to set up virtual bank branches in various community sites, starting with pilot schemes in London, Sunderland and Norfolk.
10-Feb-2015

Doncaster Chamber of Commerce is to relocate to the Keepmoat Stadium by the end of this month.
10-Feb-2015

Evolution Underwriting Group, the Kent-based insurance firm, has been acquired by US-based Arthur J Gallagher for undisclosed terms.
10-Feb-2015

Legal & General is to acquire New Life Home Finance, the Solihull-based mortgage company, for £5m.
10-Feb-2015

Barclays is to create more than 100 jobs at its telephone banking call centre in Sunderland.
09-Feb-2015

Sapiens International, the insurance software firm, has acquired a 13,000 sq ft office at Caspian Point in Cardiff Bay.
09-Feb-2015

Standard Life is to acquire Pearson Jones, the Leeds-based wealth management firm with 39 staff, from Skipton Building Society for undisclosed terms.
09-Feb-2015

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the law firm, is reported to be seeking a suitable location for a new 100,000 sq ft headquarters in Manchester city centre.
09-Feb-2015

Attivo is to invest £2.5m in the expansion of its Cheltenham-based wealth management business this year, with the creation of 90 jobs.
04-Feb-2015

Capquest is to create 100 new jobs at its financial services call centre in Glasgow this year.
03-Feb-2015

Scottish Friendly is to acquire Marine & General Mutual, the Worthing-based life assurer, for undisclosed terms.
03-Feb-2015

AFH Financial Group has acquired Didcot-based Roxborough Consultancy and West Bromwich-based First Class Financial Management.
03-Feb-2015

Towry Finance is planning to acquire Ashcourt Rowan, the London-based wealth management firm, for £97m.
03-Feb-2015

Lloyd's Register is planning to relocate its Aberdeen-based operations to a new 100,000 sq ft office for up to 900 staff at Prime Four business park in 2017.
02-Feb-2015

Capita Group is planning to set up a 28,000 sq ft office at Reading Bridge House in Reading.
02-Feb-2015

Quindell is planning to set up a 38,000 sq ft insurance office at the Trident business park in Manchester.
02-Feb-2015

Cabot Square Capital has acquired JBR Capital, the London-based vehicle finance provider.
02-Feb-2015

Clark Thomson Insurance Brokers is to acquire the Scottish commercial business unit of Willis, with the transfer of 24 staff in Glasgow and Dundee.
02-Feb-2015

Saga has acquired Bennetts, the Peterborough-based motorcycle insurance firm, from BGL Group for £26m.
29-Jan-2015

Mattioli Woods has acquired Torquil Clark, the Wolverhampton-based pensions firm, from Bellpenny for a nominal fee.
29-Jan-2015

Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank, is seeking a contractor to build a new £350m 800,000 sq ft headquarters near Holborn Viaduct in London.
29-Jan-2015

HML is to acquire Topaz Finance from Royal Bank of Scotland for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Specialist Mortgage Services subsidiary.
29-Jan-2015

GBR Phoenix Beard has acquired Optic Asset Management, including 18 staff in London and Leeds.
28-Jan-2015

Alsford Page & Gems, the London-based reinsurance broker, has undergone a management buy-out backed by PSC Capital.
28-Jan-2015

Pool House Professional Advisers has acquired DC Wealth, the Sutton Coldfield-based wealth management firm.
27-Jan-2015

Scottish Widows is to create about 400 temporary jobs in Edinburgh, in order to handle enquiries about changes to private pensions.
26-Jan-2015

EQ Investors is to set up a 7,900 sq ft wealth management office for 45 staff at Centennium House in London EC3.
26-Jan-2015

Admiral Insurance is to create 100 new jobs in Swansea, 150 in Cardiff and 30 in Newport, with vacancies in customer service, law and IT.
22-Jan-2015

Metro Bank is planning to open up to ten more branches this year, with the creation of 500 jobs.
22-Jan-2015

Hayes Parsons, the Bristol-based insurance broker, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
22-Jan-2015

The Big Issue is planning to relocate its London charity headquarters and 43 staff in 2016, and is seeking a suitable 5,000 sq ft office.
19-Jan-2015

Leeds Building Society is planning to expand its 1,145-strong workforce with 100 new jobs this year.
15-Jan-2015

KPMG is to relocate its Southampton office and 120 staff to a 12,000 sq ft unit at Gateway House this summer.
15-Jan-2015

Blue Speck Financial is to open a new 13,000 sq ft office at 10 Templeback in Bristol in March.
14-Jan-2015

Rowlands has acquired The Alnwick Accountants for undisclosed terms, taking its North East office network to seven.
14-Jan-2015

Post Office Travel Insurance is to set up a management services office at 6 Atlantic Quay in Glasgow, with the creation of 75 jobs.
13-Jan-2015

Latham & Watkins, the US law firm, is planning to open a business services office in Manchester, with the creation of 20 jobs.
13-Jan-2015

Riverview Law is seeking a suitable location to open a new office in Manchester, with the creation of up to 30 jobs.
13-Jan-2015

Student Loans Company is to expand its training and support operations into an additional 11,000 sq ft office at the Studios in Darlington.
13-Jan-2015

Charles Taylor is to acquire Scottish Widows International, the Jersey-based life insurer, from Scottish Widows for an initial £2m.
12-Jan-2015

Balyasny Asset Management of the US is to relocate its London office to a 7,800 sq ft unit at 23 King Street.
12-Jan-2015

Acenden, the High Wycombe-based mortgage firm with about 400 staff, has been sold by the administrators of Lehman Brothers to private equity firms Blackstone and TPG.
08-Jan-2015

Walker Crips is to open its ninth regional investment and wealth management office in Truro in February.
06-Jan-2015

Insurethebox, the insurance telematics firm with 350 staff in Newcastle, has sold a 75% stake to Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance of Japan for £105m.
05-Jan-2015

Henderson Loggie is to relocate its Dundee-based accountancy firm to the Vision Building in January, providing space to expand the 96 staff to 125.
05-Jan-2015

MCL Insurance Services is planning to expand the 40-strong workforce at its call centre in Coleraine with 17 new jobs.
05-Jan-2015

A-Plan is planning to expand the 100-strong workforce at its Oxfordshire-based insurance business, following the acquisition of a 70% stake by HgCapital.
05-Jan-2015

Hargreave Hale is to open a new 20,000 sq ft stockbroking office at Whitehills Business Park in Blackpool in December 2015.
05-Jan-2015