Advisers disappointed by Unbiased's closure of Bluebook

Shuts down from 25 July

Hannah Godfrey
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Advisers have expressed disappointment Unbiased's Bluebook is shutting down today, saying the service helped them raise their profile and was a great tool to help small firms build a media presence.

Bluebook was a service offered by the professional services directory that connected advisers and journalists - enabling the latter to gain expert views and analysis while raising the profile of the former. An email sent from Unbiased to an adviser and seen by Professional Adviser said the service would be discontinued as of today, and that it had seen a "rapid decline in the number of journalists using the service". It blamed this decline in use on a "marked shift" in how advisers and journalists are working together, exacerbated by the increasing use of social media platforms. It...

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