An award-winning IFA, on a mission to democratise financial advice, particularly for women, entrepreneurs and ‘the everyday earner’, has launched a new money talk show, ‘Accelerating Your Wealth’ as she sets out to highlight the many and varied ways money, and our lack of education around it, impacts our lives.
Her timing couldn’t be more critical. The latest Scottish Widows Women and Retirement Report, issued in November 2025, reveals the gender pension gap has widened to £113,000, with more than one in three women (36%) now facing poverty in retirement. The report shows women retire with median pension pots of just £173,000 compared to men’s £286,000 – a 32% gap that has actually increased from last year’s 30%.

Focusing on real life stories, with discussion topics ranging from divorce to debt, to death, to grief, to entrepreneurship, retirement and generational money mindset, Rebecca Roberston, 45, is inviting guests to honest money conversations that she believes are desperately needed and is airing her new show, sponsored by Evolution Financial Planning, on YouTube, Spotify and Itunes from this week. In this new recorded series of conversations filmed in a London studio, particularly focused on women and entrepreneurs, Rebecca, who having spent over two decades in financial services, listening closely to the lives behind the numbers, is setting out to provide what she believes people often need most – space, clarity and someone they trust to talk things through with. “We don’t get taught about money at school, and even as adults, talking about finances still makes us uncomfortable,” says Rebecca, a Wealth Strategist who left school at 15 with an F in Maths and has since built a financial advice firm managing £25 million for 100 clients.

The podcast addresses the critical issues Rebecca sees every day: the stark realities of the Gender Wealth Gap, the financial knowledge gaps that leave entrepreneurs struggling to grow wealth despite booming businesses, and the alarming number of people heading toward retirement completely unprepared. “I didn’t come to this work through theory alone,” she explains. “My perspective has been shaped by years inside financial services, by listening closely to people’s lives, and by seeing first-hand how money decisions can feel overwhelming when they are not properly supported.” Rebecca’s own story is proof that financial circumstances don’t have to define your future. Growing up on a council estate with a scarcity mindset, leaving school at 15 with just three GCSEs thanks to undiagnosed Dyslexia, and battling emotional spending that led to £30K debt following a traumatic car accident in her twenties, Rebecca understands financial struggle intimately.

Her entry into financial services was accidental – a temp role as a bank cashier at 19, placed there by an agency when she could no longer bear the fruit-picking factory. But she excelled. Within four months, she was head cashier and continued to rise through the ranks. Over the last 20+ years, Rebecca has witnessed the devastating impact of financial mistakes, the unbalanced scales around men’s and women’s financial independence, and the harrowing results of people not planning for their futures. Divorces and deaths within her own family left strong women with nothing – and as Rebecca helped them rebuild, she became increasingly driven to provide more financial support for women. Frustrated by firms that only serve the wealthy and unqualified influencers offering guidance to the masses, Rebecca’s mission is to fill that gap through her podcast, her three books, and her private client work.

The new show is also set to tackle questions such as:

• What are the realities of the Gender Wealth Gap in 2025/26, and how can women close it?
• How is our fast-paced, digital, credit-led world stopping us from planning ahead?
• What are the consequences of bad financial guidance found on the internet?
• Why do Brits still feel uncomfortable talking about money?
• What will it mean in reality when the population reaches retirement unprepared?

Rebecca has held The Times’ Most Vouched For Adviser title and received awards, including Financial Adviser of the Year at the Women in Finance Awards and Role Model of the Year at the Women in Financial Advice. She has been featured in Forbes, The Financial Times, BBC Radio, Simply Woman & Home, Daily Express and more. Having built her own wealth from scratch, creating financial security for herself and her family, and even making one of her childhood dreams come true of owning her own horse, Rebecca feels passionately that money should provide, in more ways than one.

“My work everyday focuses on making money a positive force in our lives, helping people to move away from the stress and strain of it,” she says. “I’ve helped clients move out of debt, become homeowners, and invest wisely to set themselves up for life-changing futures. Through this podcast, I want to reach even more people with honest, real money talk.”

As part of her mission, Rebecca is also keen to help more people put better money habits in place in 2026 and so shares here her Top 5 Tips for Taking Control of Your Finances:

1. Have a record of all your insurance, pension, and savings policies in one place, kept securely. This is for you to update and monitor, but also for your loved ones in case anything were to happen to you.
2. Contact your pension companies and ask for updated valuations along with projections for your desired retirement. Add them up – is there enough in place to retire?
3. Review your mortgage term, ensure it finishes before you plan to retire.
4. Monitor your monthly outgoings, not just the fixed amounts you know about, but all the extras which add up. Review at the end of each month and set up a budget for consistent areas of spending. For example, you set a budget for a weekly shop or a Costa Coffee. Give every penny a job and place to live – not just in your main bank account to be spent.
5. Switch from a spending mentality to a saving mentality to an investing mentality. You have to work through the phases, building each like any new skill. Listen to podcasts and read. Like going to the gym, at first it is hard work, but it does get easier over time.Contact:

• TEL: 07795 054768
• Email: rebeccar@evolutionfinancialplanning.co.uk
• Website: www.rebeccarobertson.co.uk

Social Media:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastacceleratingyourweath
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acceleratingyourwealth
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-financial-advisor/

For more information and to listen to the podcast: www.rebeccarobertson.co.uk