Budget 2025: What’s happening when
The timeline for implementation covering the big changes affecting advice professionals and their clients.
The Top Class Wednesday Update embraces its own futility
Mark wrestles with the dilemma of a pre-Budget TCWU.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 24 November
News highlights include the elation of the lang cat Tartan Army, and could you do better than Rachel Reeves as chancellor?
The FCA’s latest stats on the health of the advice market
What the latest FCA numbers tell us about the shape of advice, from firm and client numbers to independent vs restricted advice.
The Top Class Wednesday Update says win in Perth, win the series
Mike on Royal London’s latest Meaning of Value report, and demonstrating the value of advice in the midst of Budget uncertainty.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 17 November
Pints and content creation, more Budget speculation and the seven deadly sins being embraced by corporate America.
TCWU minds all kinds of gaps
Mark discusses over-eager marketing claims and the gap between that hype and what a product or service actually does.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 10 November
Sean muses on dreams, plus engaging the next generation and some appalling examples of self-promotion on LinkedIn.
The Top Class Wednesday Update resists knavery in all its forms
Marks talks consolidators, client outcomes and the FCA in the wake of the regulator’s recent multi-firm review.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 3 November
Life, the Universe and Everything – plus AI, writing to engage clients and exclamation marks in work emails.
