Expanding Financial Planning group Independent Wealth Planners (IWP) has appointed two seasoned professionals to two newly-created senior roles as it plans further growth.

The number of Financial Planning firms planning to recruit in the next 12 months has nearly doubled from 32% last year to 57% this year, according to a new report.

The fall in life expectancy for men, revealed this week by ONS, was perhaps not such a big surprise given that more than 130,000 people have sadly lost their lives to Covid-19 over the past 18 months.

The next generation of Financial Planners is at last coming from a wider range of backgrounds, including graduate entry and that, mostly, is a very good thing.