Never one to be overshadowed among Friends, the chairman ponders his endowment and proposes a toast
"Friends Financial?" snorted the chairman of the insignificantly sized investment company, SmallBluePlanet, as we enjoyed a few pints of Marginally Amusing And Topical Drink Name At The Whatever Part Of The Brain Thinks Those Up Appears To Have Gone On Holiday With The Rest Of Her Majesty's Financial Services Industry. "How long do you think it took the marketeers to dream that one up?" "What were you expecting?" I asked. "'Provident Resolution' sounds like a dodgy 80s Goth band while 'Resolute Friends' just sounds dodgy. I know 'Friends Financial' sounds more as if it should be the IFA se...
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