Welcome back everyone, We have even more fantastic news to share with you this week. Following on from awards nominations in our last Weekly Update, our superb colleagues Tasha and Julia with Strategic have been nominated for the 2025 Women in Financial Advice Awards. These...
Welcome back everyone, This week we wanted to highlight some of the lovely things our clients have said about us during the voting for the Moneyfacts Awards. Here is a great testimonial from Dawn M: “I wish to thank you for the excellent retirement...
Welcome back everyone, This week we’re very proud to announce that Strategic Solutions have been shortlisted as finalists in multiple categories for the Investment Life & Pensions Moneyfacts Awards 2025. We are all extremely proud to be a part of this fantastic achievement, and winning...
Welcome back everyone! Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Rhys and I am the new Social Media Officer for CBIFA. As you may have guessed from the title, I am here to provide you all with insights into what has been happening with...
From Friday the 14th of October the CBIFA team will be joining our Strategic Solutions colleagues at the Westbourne office, full details will be given nearer the time and it will be business as usual with service to our clients completely uninterrupted. Our phone numbers...
Very happy to share that we have been shortlisted again! Fingers crossed, can we win it a 3rd time? I do hope so.
Despite lockdown and having to work remotely for over a year it’s great to know our clients still appreciate what we do!
On the 7th of October Chris was delighted to receive a call from a researcher on the Pat Sissons show, on BBC Radio Solent asking if he would be available to join a phone in about the State Pension Age going up and Retirement Planning...
At it’s first ever Video-Conference Annual General Meeting today, Chris was appointed Deputy President of the Insurance Institute of Bournemouth, in it’s 99th year, so plenty of time to think about what to do for the Centenary! Chris has served on the IIB Council since...
Heartfelt thanks from all the team to all the clients who took the time to leave their feedback for us on Vouchedfor. It really does mean a lot, especially in extraordinary times like these.
We are fully committed to the health, safety, and wellbeing of our clients, staff, families, and wider stakeholders. During these challenging and uncertain times, we want to reassure all our clients and staff in letting you know we are here to offer our same level...
The impact of the Covid 19 virus has affected everyone, personally and anyone with investments, or pensions financially. Soon it will affect many more people whose livelihoods depend on people being able to do what they normally do. In this period of social distancing the...
In June 2019 we were delighted that the Chartered Insurance Institute re-awarded us Corporate Chartered status for the 7th year in a row. Chartered Financial Planners commit to adhere to the very highest standards of ethics, client care and professional qualifications, making sure that their...
In May 2019 we at Chris Bibb IFA were delighted to be admitted to the ‘club’ of professional advisers committed to excellence and quality advice in the field of Defined Benefit Pension Transfers. This is something we have been doing for over a decade and...
Very pleased to receive this today! Lovely to know our clients appreciate what we do!
Strategic Solutions 2018 Highlights video A little reflection on 2018 whilst wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! Posted by Strategic Solutions Financial Services on Friday, 21 December 2018
We were very pleased to receive the accolade of Retirement Adviser of the year 2018 in the MoneyFacts Awards, our first time for this honour and I think you can see how happy we were about it!
Stop-Press! The Strategic Solutions team have been shortlisted for the Moneyfacts Investment Adviser of the year award for the 4th year in a row! Having won it twice and been highly commended once, we have already won it more than any other IFA Firm, can...
On the 15th of June 2018 Chris attended the RP Awards ceremony in London with our Strategic Solutions colleagues and Chris was delighted to receive, on behalf of the team The Best Individual Pensions Advice Firm of the Year Award (South West and Wales).
Chris and some of our friends and colleagues from Strategic Solutions Financial Services at the Moneyfacts Awards in London 21/09/2017
For the 3rd year in a row we were very pleased (as part of Strategic Solutions) to be shortlisted for Investment Adviser of the year in the prestigious Moneyfacts Awards and absolutely delighted to repeat our winning form from 2015 by winning once again in...
From the 13th February 2017 the CBIFA team has a new office in the Broadway in Broadstone. Come and see us at Suite 1 Sandalex House, 183A-185A Lower Blandford Road, Broadstone. BH18 8DH! Telephone and fax numbers and all email addresses unchanged!
It is with no small amount of pride that I can report that Chris Bibb IFA’s Principal firm Strategic Solutions won the Investment Adviser of the year award at the Moneyfacts awards on the 15th September 2015! Naturally we’re all very happy indeed.
Well, at last they are here! The much anticipated pension freedoms announced by the (no longer) pensions minister Steve Webb last year. Freedom to ‘buy a Lamborghini’ with your pension pot if you want. However you would need a pretty big pension pot to do...
It’s been somewhat busy since the last update! In December 2013 Chris Bibb Independent Financial Advice became an Appointed Representative of Strategic Solutions, a firm of Chartered Financial Planners with 12 financial advisers and many supporting colleagues across the South West, the main office...
Chris was very pleased to learn last Friday that he was successful in his final exam on the Advanced Diploma of the Personal Finance Society’s syllabus on the subject of Pension Planning. This is a specialist qualification that enables advisers to undertake occupational pension transfers,...
You will see from the new-look banner at the top of each page that Chris Bibb Independent Financial Advice Ltd is now a firm of Chartered Financial Planners! The award of this prestigious title from the Chartered Insurance Institute is only given to firms that can...
Chris is very pleased to announce that he passed his final exam on the Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning and so is now a Chartered Financial Planner, holding the highest qualification in financial planning and well above the level required to advise clients when the...
To Celebrate the launch of the new company and to support a very worthy cause Chris Bibb Independent Financial Advice Ltd sponsored 2 holes and fielded 2 teams at the President’s Charity Day in aid of Combat Stress at Rushmore Golf Club on Sunday 8th...
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