Quilter

Quilter has added Bellshill-based SRB Financial Planning to its advice network as a strategic partner firm.

The rising cost of living, increasing house prices and higher interest rates have forced house-buyers into taking out 35-year mortgages to afford their monthly repayments.

Savers in their mid-40s and younger will have to wait a further two years to access their private pensions, it emerged last night.