Increasing numbers of advice firms are actively planning to hire more staff this year, according to a report.

The financial services sector’s confidence in the UK’s economic prospects has slipped to its lowest level since 2012, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

People appear to be spending more time discussing money issues with friends and family post-Brexit but there is a growing north-south divide in the amount of time individuals discuss money matters.

An international advice firm has reported a 21 per cent hike in global enquiries about moving British pensions out of the UK since the Leave campaign was victorious in the EU referendum.