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.

I have to confess to being in two minds about the key announcement from the Government this week about the rise in National Insurance and dividend taxation, ostensibly to pay for social care.

In the race to rebrand, go digital, attract private equity, embrace artificial intelligence, adopt ESG - and all the other modern trends - it’s often forgotten that what really matters to most clients is for their provider or adviser to be around for the long term.