The Sale, Greater Manchester firm is the fifteenth business to join Absolute, adding £280 million to the Group's Assets Under Advice and taking the total to £2.68 billion.

Three retiring advisers hand over their client books and a fourth adviser joins Absolute, adding £134 million in Assets Under Advice and taking the group past £2.4 billion.

Firms in Wigan, Liverpool, Manchester and Bury bring a further £577 million in Assets Under Advice, taking Absolute past £2.1 billion, with Allied Financial Services operating as its North-West hub.

Hampshire-based St George's Financial Services Ltd is the latest IFA firm to join the group, expanding its footprint in the South of England through a new route for firms seeking a longer transition to exit.

Jaspreet Dhariwal joins the IFA consolidator with more than 18 years' experience, underlining its commitment to the highest standards of compliance as it builds one of the UK's leading independent financial planning businesses.

Firms in Hereford, Surrey and Norwich add a further £255 million in Assets Under Advice, taking the group's total to £1.55 billion and expanding its footprint across the East, South and West of England.

HR Independent Financial Services becomes the second firm to join Absolute, as the group opens talks with eight more advice firms and sets out its ambition to build one of the UK's leading independent financial planning businesses.

The newly launched consolidator has received FCA approval and completes today on its first acquisition, the Ashford, Kent-based firm that will serve as its platform to scale across the country.