A financial adviser is poised for a legal showdown with a controversial lead generation firm employing a banned IFA, after he said it failed so dramatically to provide the advertised service it amounted to "deception and fraud".
Stephen Groves, a Chartered financial planner at Leeds-based Integral Financial Planning, said he gave £4,000 to Econnexx to help his start-up advice business find clients. According to its website, Econnexx provides "specialist marketing for financial services firms ...
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