The Bank of England has today kept its base rate at 0.5% after doubling the rate last month from 0.25% to 0.5% - the first increase for a decade.

Financial Planners have reacted with relief that pensions were largely left untouched by the Chancellor in today’s Budget and were broadly positive on some of the moves to help first time buyers.

All too often, our profession deserves its reputation as the home of grey men wearing navy blue suits. Go along to more or less any conference, seminar or professional body event and you are confronted by a lack of diversity along with the absence of anything especially exciting or progressive.

Surrey-based Chartered Financial Planning firm Informed Choice has integrated with Amazon Alexa, the voice control technology system, and believes it is the first Financial Planner to deliver a daily audio ‘Flash Briefing’ to users.