British Steel unregulated introducer buys Swansea pub

Earned some £50,000 from steelworkers

Hannah Godfrey
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The owner of the unregulated introducer firm that helped to transfer a number of British Steelworkers from their defined benefit (DB) pension schemes has bought a pub in Swansea.

Clive Howells, who is director at Celtic Wealth Management, which came under fire alongside Active Wealth UK for the role it played in poor advice given to British Steel workers, has bought The Bird in Hand pub in Swansea. According to Llanelli Online, a Welsh news website, the pub closed its doors to the public on 22 November 2018. It had been taken over by pub conglomerate Milton Pubs & Taverns in 2017, which later decided to close the establishment when it ran into financial difficulties. According to Companies House, Howells became director at The Bird in Hand on 17 July 2019. ...

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