Business lifecycle firm Melo has come together from the merger of three acclaimed and highly experienced businesses, who together specialise in helping financial planning firms to grow and make progress, recruit the right personnel and for their owners to secure a great exit.

At launch, Melo has made a big splash in the financial planning community, and rapidly become known as go to experts in guiding, educating and supporting firms that want to be a cut above the rest.

Here Philip Calvert interviews Group CEO Victoria Hicks and discovers the thinking behind forming Melo and just what it takes to make a great financial planning firm.