Independent Financial Adviser Bedminster

Independent Financial Advisers / IFA in Bedminster

Invest Southwest have independent financial advisers based in Bedminster and surrounding areas throughout the South West. Each financial adviser is highly qualified and vastly experienced and will be happy to meet with you in the comfort of your own home. 

We have built up an excellent reputation as an independent financial advisor Bedminster. This can be evidenced on sites such as Google reviews, Qype and Vouchedfor.

All of our financial advisors believe good quality advice is rarely transactional and success is evidenced by building long term relationships with our clients. Our professional advisers are authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority, and you can check this quickly and easily online through the search facility on the Financial Conduct Authority website.

We provide a fully independent service, which means our clients receive unbiased and unrestricted advice based on a comprehensive and fair analysis of the relevant market.

The following forms of advice are provided in your area:

• Investment advice in Bedminster such as ISAs, OEICs, Bonds and Investment Trusts, Onshore and Offshore
• Pension advice in Bedminster including Personal Pensions, Retirement Planning and Annuities
• Savings advice in Bedminster such as Regular Savings Plans, School Fees planning, National Savings and ISAs
• Mortgage advice in Bedminster including Remortgages and Equity Release
• Personal Protection advice in Bedminster such as Life Cover, Income Protection and Critical Illness

When providing advice, our fees are clearly explained at outset and all initial meetings are free and if you feel comfortable that we are the right advisers for you we will agree on how to pay for our service. More information on ways to pay can be found on the costs and services page.

Please call us on 01173 701730 or fill in our enquiry form to arrange your free initial meeting with our independent financial advisor Bedminster.

Facts about Bedminster

Bedminster was once a small town in Somerset. The town's origins seem to be Roman, centered around the present East Street and West Street. Finds here have been interpreted as an enclosed rural farmstead, dating between the 2nd and 4th centuries, but with possible Iron Age origins. The river Malago, which runs through Bedminster to join the Avon, was an early Christian place for baptisms the old word for which, beydd may be the origin of Bedminsters name. Substantial Roman remainshave also been found at Bedminster Down, including plaster, tesserae (hencemosaic floors), sandstone roof tiles, coins and pottery, hence the site is thought to be a Roman Villa occupied by the Romano-British.

By the late Anglo-Saxon period Bedminster was a manor held by King Edward the Confessor in the 11th century,and in the Domesday Book of 1086 was still in royal hands. The Royal Manor of Bedminster comprised all the land south of the Avon, from the Avon Gorge to Brislington, and in the Domesday Book had 25 villeins, 3 slaves and 27smallholders. In 1154 it was given to the Lords of Berkeley, who kept it for300 years. In 1605 it was purchased by the Smyth family of Ashton Court who remained the Lords of the Manor until the 19th century.

Between 1804 and 1809 the NewCut was excavated through the northern part of the parish from Temple Meads to Hotwells, providing a new course for the River Avon, enabling the original course to be held at a constant level so that shipping could stay afloat in Bristol Harbour, now known as the Floating Harbour. In addition to removing the tides, the new cut also helped with reducing silting in the harbour. It is now the boundary between Bedminster and the City centre.

The population of Bedminster increased rapidly, from 3,000 in 1801 to 78,000 in 1884, mostly as a result of the coalfield and industries such as smelting, tanneries, glue-works, paint and glass factories. In the 1880s two major employers moved there - E. S. & A.Robinson (paper bag manufacturers) and W.D. & H.O. Wills (cigarette and cigar makers). The population overflowed to Windmill Hill, Totterdown,Southville, the Chessels and Bedminster Down. During this time, churches, public houses, shops and businesses were built, some of which still survive.

In World War II, Bedminster was one of several areas of Bristol that were heavily bombed during the Bristol Blitz. Post-war town planning relocated most of the heavy industry to the rural areas to the south of the parish, and new estates grew up in Withywood, Hartcliffe and Highridge.