With it being the first day of December homes dotted around Bristol will have heard the pitter-patter of excited feet jumping out of bed this morning. But for five members of Fraser Heath staff, it was not the prospect of opening the first window of the Advent calendar that got them enthused, but the prospect of ridding their faces of their Movember moustache.

The picture was taken on the 30th November and shows five of the team managing to raise a smile despite the weight on their top lips. But who do they look like? Well, we have a few ideas and you’ll need to click the link over to the Movember website to see who we think each person resembles. http://mobro.co/FrazorHeath

Please pop over to our Facebook page where you can add your comments. You can also post your comments on our Movember page with any other suggestions for who you think we look like. But most importantly please also donate - all funds raised help prostate and testicular cancer charities.

Thanks,
Frazor Heath

Equity markets rallied during the beginning of October with investors switching from “risk off” to “risk on” positions as sentiment improved in the anticipation of a solution to the Eurozone crisis and volatility fell back.  While much of the important detail of the rescue package was still to be announced in the coming weeks, the initial market reaction was positive and gains were seen across all asset classes.

Some Fraser Heath clients may have been surprised to see a slightly more dishevelled look in their advisor this month. Jim Collier, Mark Fletcher, Alan Loomes and Miles Hendy are all sporting facial hair during the month of “Movember” to raise awareness and funds for Prostate and Testicular cancer charities.

Alan explained “Having recently experienced a family member affected by prostate cancer I wanted to do my bit to raise some money for this worthwhile cause. Encouraging my colleagues to join in meant strength in numbers not just for raising money but in sharing the ridicule in the office!”

“Growing a full and lonesome moustache takes a bit of courage,” Miles explained. “My early confidence was dented after being compared to one of the Chuckle Brothers. I know from personal experience that cancer is a devastating disease and it’s really important that we keep making advances in the fight against all types of cancer so I'm happy to take one on the chin for the cause. I hope that friends will support our efforts generously.”

Donations can be made to our Movember team “Frazor Heath” (can you see what we did there?) by clicking http://mobro.co/FrazorHeath. If sufficient donations are received we’ll even put photos of ourselves on the website with our moustaches for posterity!

Fraser Heath had our official new office opening on Friday 21st October. Local MP and Minister for Pensions Steve Webb attended and said a few uplifting words in praise of our new offices and the work that we do for clients.

The event was attended by a number of clients and professional connections. Canapés, drinks and lunch were on hand and we’d like to thank those who attended for supporting us on our special occasion.

To view more photos from the day, please visit the album that we have uploaded to Facebook. While there, why not “like” our Facebook page? All our news items are posted to our Facebook page so if you’re a regular visitor to Facebook it’s a good way to keep up date with all the latest financial planning and Fraser Heath news.

Having moved to Frampton Cotterell on 7th October 2011 from Chipping Sodbury we have had one or two teething problems to sort out. This included problems with broadband, emails and our website and we apologise to all our clients and connections who have been having difficulties making contact with us over the past few days.

We’re optimistic that everything is now fine with emails going forward but there may be a few emails that have failed to get through to us. If you had been expected a reply to an email that has not materialised please re-send your email through again and we will deal with it promptly.

We have also experienced a few problems with guests trying to find our office. In particular we have found that due to our rural setting the post code address is not always being accurately picked up by car Sat Nav systems. The road leading into Says Court Farm runs perpendicular to the Badminton Road, immediately to the left of the New Inn. The post code for the New Inn is BS36 2NT and this may be a better post code to use for your Sat Nav. We have created a new Find Us page on the website which will give you more details on how to get here.