Central Southern England & Salisbury
Tim Bradford
Tim has been a Financial Adviser since 2000 and joined Barchester Green Investment in 2005 to specialise in green and ethical investment and to give advice to clients on a wide range of subjects in order to assist with their personal financial planning.
As an independent financial adviser, Tim is able to offer advice on the broadest range of products and services, whether it is for investment advice, retirement planning, inheritance tax planning, mortgages or protection.
Tim has lived all his life in the beautiful hilltop town of Shaftesbury, Dorset and regularly meets new and existing clients in the South West and London.
In his spare time, Tim is a very keen sportsman, and plays for various local teams. He also enjoys walking, camping and the outdoors and has travelled extensively in South East Asia, Australia, N.Z and America.
Diane Blackman
Diane is based in Salisbury and re-joined Barchester as our specialist mortgage consultant and runs the mortgage facility at our office in Salisbury. Diane previously worked as our compliance and office manager before leaving to concentrate in other roles the financial sector in 1996. She rejoined Barchester in the summer of 2005. Mortgages are her main focus and therefore she has a great working knowledge of the current market place. This puts Diane in an excellent position to find the most suitable mortgage for you. She is experienced in the full range of residential and buy to let mortgages and has developed professional relationships with solicitors, accountants and estate agents and so offers a complete service. Diane maintains a flexible role and can offer advice over the phone, at a client’s home or from the offices in Catherine Street, Salisbury
Being Independent Diane can access any lender and insurance company in the market in order to provide clients with all the information they need to secure the best mortgage with the best protection, and where possible match their ethical criteria. She is also able to advise and arrange Buildings & Contents insurance as well as insurance to protect income in the event of disability or unemployment.
As well as looking after her own clients, Diane also works with the other consultants to help their clients, too.
Diane is running in the Race For Life this year on the 28th of June. Her fundraising page can be found at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/barchestergreen, if you would like to sponsor Diane and the Barchester Green team for this very worthy cause please visit the page.
Bernard Lovesy
Bernard claims he spent his early career “travelling in steel” (euphemism for the Royal Navy) but we know he was actually an electronics engineer. Having served his time, he “retired” in his mid twenties and opened a restaurant in partnership with his wife, which they ran successfully for 11 years, producing two well-fed children at the same time.
On selling the restaurant at a tidy profit, he learned a harsh lesson about capital gains tax direct from Inland Revenue. Determined to pass on his experience of business (and tax) management he joined the financial services industry in 1986 with Canada Life. He became an IFA in 1992 working alongside a chartered accountant’s practice and an investment management company, providing personal investment and estate planning advice to their clients. He joined Barchester in 1995 to specialise in green and ethical investment and is our second longest serving consultant.
Andrew Faulkner
Before joining the financial services industry, Andrew had a wide range of professional experience which he often brings to bear on his work with Barchester Green. Forestry, management consultancy and property development all feature large on his CV. In the latter connection he gained a good deal of awareness of the sustainable building materials sector, which connected with his earlier experience in forestry.
For a time, he was an actor and is still recognised in the street for his 1998 Yakult TV commercial! A two-month spell in Coronation Street around the same time, as Sally Webster’s divorce lawyer also raised his profile. But, he says, this was all a long time ago, in another life.
Married to Margaret, with a three-year-old daughter, he is particularly interested in inheritance tax planning, family and business protection as well as investment planning.
His particular focus is on the environment and human rights.
Rupert Lovesy
Rupert graduated from the University of Exeter in 1998 with a BA (Ed) in Physics and Primary Education. Spending eleven years as a primary school teacher, he took a keen interest in raising awareness of environmental and ethical issues amongst school communities. He took action at school and county level to encourage participation in the national “Eco Schools” programme, whereby schools consider their impact on the environment and make targeted improvements.
Rupert is able to give advice on family and business protection, regular savings, investments, retirement planning and inheritance tax. As an independent adviser, he can draw on the whole of the market to source the very best products, taking into account your personal values.
Married to Jennie with a four year old daughter, Rupert’s interests include music and gardening. He continues to support his village school and as a member of the PTA, gives his time to running regular school discos.
Based near Ilminster in Somerset, Rupert mainly services clients in the west-country but can also meet clients at the Salisbury office or give advice over the telephone.
