A BOLTON man has been given a prestigious award for his contribution to Financial Services.

Paul Burns received the Financial Adviser of the Year award at Skipton Building Society’s annual Star Awards ceremony.

Paul, a lover of travelling and five-a-side football, has been honoured following 27 years of service at Skipton, where he started as a customer adviser.

He said: “It’s fantastic to be recognised for the Financial Adviser of the Year award and all the hard work that it takes to help and provide the best service to our customers. It was a total surprise.”

Skipton is the UK’s fourth largest building society, with over one million customers, £22bn of assets and a national presence represented by its network of 88 branches.

In 2018 Skipton was named for the fourth year running as one of the UK’s Top 100 Companies to Work For.