Forty-six firms have so far signed up to provide free Financial Planning surgeries worth up to £500 to consumers.

The CISI is encouraging consumers to seek free Financial Planning sessions from qualified Financial Planners as part of its annual Financial Planning Week 2017 campaign which will take place during the week beginning 8 May.

A building society has begun offering face-to-face financial advice from today.

The CISI has hailed last week’s Financial Planning Week consumer campaign as “highly successful” as thousands joined in and one podcast had 1m listeners.