This week’s Budget, the first from the new government, lays out measures aimed at addressing long-standing challenges in the UK economy. The Chancellor’s stated commitments are to stabilise public finances, invest in essential services, and support the most vulnerable. We welcome some of the positive steps, particularly those targeting lower-income households and struggling communities. However, […]

AdviceUK members and MPs gathered at the House of Commons yesterday for a special parliamentary reception to officially launch of the Advice Saves campaign in the first ever Advice Week.  The event was an opportunity to highlight the life-transforming impact of the independent advice centres and the challenges facing the sector. As the Chancellor prepares […]

This week sees the launch of AdviceUK’s new Advice Saves campaign to raise awareness of AdviceUK and the fantastic work of its members across England, Scotland and Wales. Advice Saves launches in our first ever Advice Week that is taking place this week, Monday 21 October – Friday 25 October 2024.

Through the Advice Saves campaign we are highlighting the key challenges faced by advice-giving organisations and calling for policy change to support the advice sector.

We’re excited to announce we have a new partnership between ourselves,  ACM Solutions Ltd and Wyser Ventures Ltd. Wyser offer a range of AI products that have been proven to support frontline advisers with client note-taking and developing options for client’s next steps; helping to free-up advisers so they can spend more time with their clients.

We are delighted to announce that AdviceUK’s new campaign #AdviceSaves will launch in our first ever Advice Week that will take place Monday 21 October – Friday 25 October 2024. The #AdviceSaves campaign aims to raise awareness of AdviceUK and the fantastic work of its members across England, Scotland and Wales. It will highlight the […]

AdviceUK members have already been experiencing an improvement to speed and quality of service, after their initial three month trial access to instant credit reports through AdvicePro and the Trustfolio Debt Adviser Support Portal. “With Trustfolio’s integration into AdvicePro, obtaining credit report information has now become instantaneous and allows us to have up to date […]

Following the partnership last year with the Scottish Government to deliver £1m in small grants to members who provide money and debt advice services within Scotland, we are pleased to announce a further £1.3m of funding to Advice in Accessible Settings for 2024-2025.

AdviceUK, the UK’s largest network of advice-giving organisations, has today announced an exciting collaboration with Trustfolio and AdvicePro to provide an initial free 3 months’ instant access to client credit reports. This service enables advisers to enhance the quality and speed of service they are able to offer clients, saving time and money by removing the administrative burden of gathering clients’ financial information.

Readers will be aware of the funding pressures currently being experienced by local authorities. According to the Local Government Association, by 2024/25 cost and demand pressures will have added £15 billion (almost 29%) to the cost of delivering council services since 2021/22. This comes after central government grant funding for councils dropped by 40% in […]

Working in partnership with Wyser Ltd, AdviceUK have helped secure an Innovate UK grant for over £1m for the second phase of a UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) backed programme, to support the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI).  AdviceUK are working as advisors on a project being led by Wyser Ltd, with the University […]