Four Financial Planners have been snapped up by Tilney Bestinvest from firms including HSBC and Hargreaves Lansdown as part of what the firm called a “hiring blitz”.

David Durrant, Sally Bartrum, Louise Higham, and Mike Williams have been employed by the firm.

Ms Bartram, a chartered Financial Planner who will cover the Bristol and Avon region, joins from Hargreaves Lansdown and has previously worked at Towry and Holden Meehan. She will report to Richard Stones, Financial Planning Director.

Mr Williams joins the Tilney Bestinvest Birmingham office. He had previously spent ten years with HSBC, most recently in the capacity of premier relationship manager, providing fee-based, regulated financial advice to around 600 high net worth clients. He will report in to Financial Planning director Neil Watson.

Ms Higham arrives from LJ Financial Planning, where she spent over four years as a self-employed chartered Financial Planner. She will operate out of Tilney Bestinvest's Manchester Office, reporting in to Financial Planning Director Ann-Marie Atkins.

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Mr Durrant joins from Wetherbys Private Banking where he had spent five years as a chartered Financial Planner. He will be based in Tilney Bestinvest's East Anglia office, reporting to the group's managing director of Financial Planning, Richard Dawes.

Mr Dawes said: "We’re delighted to have David, Sally, Louise and Mike join us as we continue to expand across the UK. The growth of our Financial Planning presence through the hire of high quality professionals as well as bolt-on acquisitions such as our recent deal with Webb Holton in Birmingham is a key strategic priority for Tilney Bestinvest.

“We have seen strong demand for expert Financial Planning as a result of the recent upheavals to the pension system and as we look ahead to the impending launch of our joint venture with Saga.”