A new study provides strong evidence that demand for regulated advice in the run up to retirement is only going to grow in the coming years.

Given the chaotic performance of the government recently it was something of a surprise this week to see a new financial guidance initiative announced by the returning Pensions Minister Guy Opperman who quit and then returned, at least as a stand in until a new Prime Minister is announced.

The BBC TV satire show That Was the Week That Was became one of the most popular TV shows in the early sixties. 

The Chancellor has inadvertently gifted Financial Planners an almost unending stream of frazzled new clients by freezing the tax thresholds, if the latest HMRC data and some fresh predictions on the number of higher rate taxpayers are anything to go by.