Editor's View: The life and service of Queen Elizabeth II

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 9 September

Hope William-Smith
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It seems both dismissive and insensitive to suggest this evening that there is anything to highlight other than the passing of Her Majesty The Queen yesterday (8 September).

PA's sister title Investment Week has led the charge on collating a range of reflections from across the financial and political spheres looking back on her unsurpassable public service over the last seven decades. You can read that here. As is the way of the world, however, urgent external pressures on the advice industry - most notably the looming energy crisis - continue notwithstanding. This week, we've explored that from two angles and looked both at how advisers are communicating with clients, and the coalface realities of running a firm and office space as summer closes in. Els...

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