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Videos

The guides, as five-minute explainers. A channel is planned for YouTube and TikTok — same rules as the site: generic education only, no product promotions, no "buy this fund", ever.

Season one — planned line-up

Launch line-up

Each episode pairs with a written guide and a calculator, so you can go from watching to running your own numbers in one click.

Episode 1

Advice vs guidance: the line that decides your protections

The five-minute version of how financial advice works — and why the FCA Register should be in your bookmarks.

Episode 2

How to vet a financial adviser in 15 minutes

The vetting toolkit on screen: the Register walkthrough, the question sheet, and the red flags.

Episode 3

What 1% really costs you over 30 years

Fees and compounding, animated — with the fee impact calculator to run your own version.

Episode 4

Pensions: the free money you might be refusing

Auto-enrolment, employer matches and tax relief — the essentials of pensions explained.

Episode 5

The ISA is a wrapper, not an investment

The mental model that makes the whole ISA system click.

Episode 6

Pension scams: anatomy of a cold call

How clone firms and pension liberation scams actually work, and the one law every saver should know.