A new podcast has been launched to tackle the widening gender pension gap and financial confidence among women and entrepreneurs.
Rebecca Robertson, an independent financial adviser, has launched Accelerating Your Wealth to open up what she calls honest money conversations.
The show, sponsored by Evolution Financial Planning, is available on YouTube, Spotify and iTunes from this week and features recorded discussions filmed in a London studio.
Rebecca says the timing reflects growing financial inequality. The latest Scottish Widows Women and Retirement Report, published in November 2025, found the gender pension gap has widened to £113,000.
Women retire with median pension pots of £173,000 compared with £286,000 for men, a 32 per cent gap that has increased from last year.
Accelerating Your Wealth focuses on real life experiences, with topics including divorce, debt, bereavement, entrepreneurship and retirement planning.
Rebecca says she wants to create space for people to talk through financial decisions that often feel overwhelming.
“We don’t get taught about money at school, and even as adults, talking about finances still makes us uncomfortable,” she says.
Rebecca left school at 15 with an F in Maths and entered financial services at 19 as a temporary bank cashier. She later built a financial advice firm managing £25 million for 100 clients.
She says her perspective comes from years listening to clients’ personal stories alongside their financial figures.
“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.”
Through the podcast, Rebecca plans to explore the gender wealth gap in 2025 and 2026, online financial misinformation and why many people still feel uncomfortable discussing money.
Alongside the series, she is encouraging listeners to review pensions, mortgages and monthly spending habits as part of improving financial resilience in 2026.
