Lights, camera, action: Adviser becomes TV regular

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A Kent-based adviser has become a regular on a live televised finance programme watched by more than 12 million people.

David Brunning, founder and director of Brunning Newman Houghton (BNH), has appeared several times on CNBC's daily Strictly Money show since his first appearance in April. He was called in to appear initially after producers got wind of his campaign to get more people in Kent and Sussex to seek independent financial advice in the wake of the recession. In his most recent appearance, Brunning accused the Prime Minister Gordon Brown of using the nation's pensions as a "piggy bank" and branded the pensions arena "chaos". "Doing my first television interview live to 12 million people o...

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