{"id":165,"date":"2019-09-11T19:59:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2019-09-15T10:51:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T07:51:58","slug":"testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/resources\/elements\/testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-white-bg stripe-right stripe-arrows-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-0\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\n<p class=\"lead-text-medium text-primary-color\">Testimonials are the perfect way to show your potential clients the kind of work you can provide.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n\n\n<!-- Divider -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider\" data-index=\"1\" >\n<div class=\"small-bar colored-bar margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Divider -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" >\n<p>The Benchmark theme comes with plenty options and styles for displaying testimonials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Testimonial boxes<\/li>\n<li>Main style 1 \u2014 single item or multiple items in slider<\/li>\n<li>Main style 2 \u2014 single item or multiple items in slider<\/li>\n<li>Main style 3 \u2014 single item or multiple items in slider<\/li>\n<li>Testimonials widget \u2014 single item or multiple items in slideshow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-transparent-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-1\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-first-child\" data-index=\"3\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey margin-bottom-50px\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Some kind words from our happy clients:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials\" data-index=\"4\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Testimonial Boxes: 2 columns -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-boxes\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author1.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have found Benchmark Strategic to be exactly what we have needed to manage our financial matters.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jon and Meredith<\/strong>, <span>Melbourne<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author2.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They have been extremely helpful, and very practical, in their advice on pensions, inheritance tax planning and investment strategies.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Ann Cerovski<\/strong>, <span>Bexley North, NSW<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author3.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Just to say thank you for the time you obviously put into my strategies.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Corrado Milano<\/strong>, <span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author4.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They listened to what I want to achieve for a secure retirement &amp; have guided me towards a balanced investment plan.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jason Bannister<\/strong>, <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onix-creative.com\" target=\"_blank\">IT Professional &amp; Business Owner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-1-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-15px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-white-bg stripe-fullwidth\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-2\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-first-child\" data-index=\"6\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey margin-bottom-50px\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Testimonial boxes<\/strong> on white background<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-2-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials\" data-index=\"7\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Testimonial Boxes: 2 columns -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-boxes\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author1.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have found Benchmark Strategic to be exactly what we have needed to manage our financial matters.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jon and Meredith<\/strong>, <span>Melbourne<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author2.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They have been extremely helpful, and very practical, in their advice on pensions, inheritance tax planning and investment strategies.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Ann Cerovski<\/strong>, <span>Bexley North, NSW<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author3.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Just to say thank you for the time you obviously put into my strategies.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Corrado Milano<\/strong>, <span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author4.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They listened to what I want to achieve for a secure retirement &amp; have guided me towards a balanced investment plan.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jason Bannister<\/strong>, <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onix-creative.com\" target=\"_blank\">IT Professional &amp; Business Owner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-icon\"><i class=\"ion ion-person\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been advised by Benchmark Strategic for approximately 6 years and have been delighted by the service provided. They provide a highly personalised service and I have appreciated their ability to link areas together, e.g. wills, pensions, investments and tax planning etc. and to propose creative solutions. The underlying philosophy that comes across is that Benchmark Strategic is run to the very highest professional standards. I would recommend Benchmark Strategic, and indeed have done so, to professional colleagues and friends.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Lisa McLaugh<\/strong>, <span>CFO of international technology group<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-2-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-15px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-secondary-color-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-3\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-first-child\" data-index=\"9\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-secondary-color margin-bottom-50px\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Testimonial boxes<\/strong> on secondary color background<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-3-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials\" data-index=\"10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Testimonial Boxes: 1 column -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-boxes\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author2.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They have been extremely helpful, and very practical, in their advice on pensions, inheritance tax planning and investment strategies.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Ann Cerovski<\/strong>, <span>Bexley North, NSW<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"testimonial-item clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-icon\"><i class=\"ion ion-person\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been advised by Benchmark Strategic for approximately 6 years and have been delighted by the service provided. They provide a highly personalised service and I have appreciated their ability to link areas together, e.g. wills, pensions, investments and tax planning etc. and to propose creative solutions. The underlying philosophy that comes across is that Benchmark Strategic is run to the very highest professional standards. I would recommend Benchmark Strategic, and indeed have done so, to professional colleagues and friends.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Lisa McLaugh<\/strong>, <span>CFO of international technology group<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-3-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-15px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-transparent-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-4\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"12\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-4-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Main style 1 \u2014 slider<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-primary-color-dark-bg dark-colored-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-5\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-main-style-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-slider cycle-slideshow\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-speed=\"500\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-timeout=\"8000\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pause-on-hover=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-paused=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-slides=\"> .testimonial-item\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pager=\"> .cycle-pager .paging-control\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-prev=\"> .cycle-pager .cycle-prev\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-next=\"> .cycle-pager .cycle-next\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-auto-height=\"calc\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-log=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/picture02.jpg\" alt=\"Picture 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Tailored Advice for Complex Lives<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Benchmark Strategic took the time to understand our situation &amp; tailor their advice &amp; solutions to our specific needs which, being a business owner, can be quite complex. Their strategies &amp; advice have been clearly articulated &amp; have placed my wife &amp; I at ease.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Colin Wilkinson<\/strong><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onix-creative.com\" target=\"_blank\">Onix Creative \u2014 Business Owner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/picture-meeting.jpg\" alt=\"Meeting\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Guidance towards Secure Retirement<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They listened to what I want to achieve for a secure retirement &amp; have guided me towards an investment plan which is balanced for growth &amp; security. They have been extremely helpful, and very practical.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Mr Dominic White<\/strong><span>Marketing and Sales Manager<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/picture-presentation.jpg\" alt=\"Presentation\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>First Class Financial Advice<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Benchmark Strategic advisors have a formidable background in financial planning. They complement each other in providing first class financial advice. Their honesty, integrity &amp; sincere interest in securing a financial future for their clients makes them a standout group.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Tom Health<\/strong><span>IT Professional &amp; Business Owner<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/member2.jpg\" alt=\"Member 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Enjoy the Fruits of Working Life<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been highly impressed with their recent retirement plan &amp; start to enjoy some of the fruits of our working life. Chris &amp; Mark were able to provide me with the impetus to take the next step which could have been delayed without quality financial advice.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jason Burton<\/strong><span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- pager & prev\/next links -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-pager\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"paging-control clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- end Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-transparent-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-6\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"15\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-6-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Main style 1 \u2014 slider<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-white-bg stripe-fullwidth\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-7\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"17\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-main-style-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-slider cycle-slideshow\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-speed=\"500\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-timeout=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pause-on-hover=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-paused=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-slides=\"> .testimonial-item\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pager=\"> .cycle-pager .paging-control\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-prev=\"> .cycle-pager .cycle-prev\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-next=\"> .cycle-pager .cycle-next\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-auto-height=\"calc\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-log=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/picture02.jpg\" alt=\"Picture 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Tailored Advice for Complex Lives<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Benchmark Strategic took the time to understand our situation &amp; tailor their advice &amp; solutions to our specific needs which, being a business owner, can be quite complex. Their strategies &amp; advice have been clearly articulated &amp; have placed my wife &amp; I at ease.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Colin Wilkinson<\/strong><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onix-creative.com\" target=\"_blank\">Onix Creative \u2014 Business Owner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/picture-meeting.jpg\" alt=\"Meeting\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Guidance towards Secure Retirement<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They listened to what I want to achieve for a secure retirement &amp; have guided me towards an investment plan which is balanced for growth &amp; security. They have been extremely helpful, and very practical.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Mr Dominic White<\/strong><span>Marketing and Sales Manager<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/picture-presentation.jpg\" alt=\"Presentation\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>First Class Financial Advice<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Benchmark Strategic advisors have a formidable background in financial planning. They complement each other in providing first class financial advice. Their honesty, integrity &amp; sincere interest in securing a financial future for their clients makes them a standout group.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Tom Health<\/strong><span>IT Professional &amp; Business Owner<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/member2.jpg\" alt=\"Member 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Enjoy the Fruits of Working Life<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been highly impressed with their recent retirement plan &amp; start to enjoy some of the fruits of our working life. Chris &amp; Mark were able to provide me with the impetus to take the next step which could have been delayed without quality financial advice.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jason Burton<\/strong><span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- pager & prev\/next links -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-pager\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- end Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-transparent-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-8\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"18\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-8-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"19\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Main style 1 \u2014 single item<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-secondary-color-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-9\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"20\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-main-style-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/member2.jpg\" alt=\"Member 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Enjoy the Fruits of Working Life<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been highly impressed with their recent retirement plan &amp; start to enjoy some of the fruits of our working life. Chris &amp; Mark were able to provide me with the impetus to take the next step which could have been delayed without quality financial advice.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jason Burton<\/strong><span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-transparent-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-10\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-10-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-10-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"21\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-10-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"22\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Main style 2 \u2014 slider<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-white-bg stripe-fullwidth\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-11\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-11-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-11-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"23\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-main-style-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-slider cycle-slideshow\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-speed=\"500\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-timeout=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pause-on-hover=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-paused=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-slides=\"> .testimonial-item\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pager=\"> .cycle-pager .paging-control\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-prev=\"> .cycle-pager .cycle-prev\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-next=\"> .cycle-pager .cycle-next\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-auto-height=\"calc\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-log=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Benchmark Strategic took the time to understand our situation &amp; tailor their advice &amp; solutions to our specific needs which, being a business owner, can be quite complex. Their strategies &amp; advice have been clearly articulated &amp; have placed my wife &amp; I at ease.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author1.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Paul Marsh<\/strong><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onix-creative.com\" target=\"_blank\">Onix Creative \u2014 Business Owner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They listened to what I want to achieve for a secure retirement &amp; have guided me towards an investment plan which is balanced for growth &amp; security. They have been extremely helpful, and very practical.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author2.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Kathy C<\/strong><span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Benchmark Strategic advisors have a formidable background in financial planning. They complement each other in providing first class financial advice. Their honesty, integrity &amp; sincere interest in securing a financial future for their clients makes them a standout group.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-icon\"><i class=\"ion ion-person\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Peter Wilson<\/strong><span>IT Professional &amp; Business Owner<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been highly impressed with their recent retirement plan &amp; start to enjoy some of the fruits of our working life. Chris &amp; Mark were able to provide me with the impetus to take the next step which could have been delayed without quality financial advice.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author4.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Dr. Kevin Adams<\/strong><span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- pager & prev\/next links -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-pager\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"paging-control clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- end Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-transparent-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-12\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-12-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-12-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"24\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-12-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"25\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Main style 2 \u2014 slider<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-primary-color-dark-bg stripe-default-bg-pattern dark-colored-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-13\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-13-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-13-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"26\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-main-style-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-slider cycle-slideshow\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-speed=\"500\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-timeout=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pause-on-hover=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-paused=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-slides=\"> .testimonial-item\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pager=\"> .cycle-pager .paging-control\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-prev=\"> .cycle-pager .cycle-prev\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-next=\"> .cycle-pager .cycle-next\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-auto-height=\"calc\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-log=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Benchmark Strategic took the time to understand our situation &amp; tailor their advice &amp; solutions to our specific needs which, being a business owner, can be quite complex. Their strategies &amp; advice have been clearly articulated &amp; have placed my wife &amp; I at ease.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author1.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Paul Marsh<\/strong><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onix-creative.com\" target=\"_blank\">Onix Creative \u2014 Business Owner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They listened to what I want to achieve for a secure retirement &amp; have guided me towards an investment plan which is balanced for growth &amp; security. They have been extremely helpful, and very practical.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author2.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Kathy C<\/strong><span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Benchmark Strategic advisors have a formidable background in financial planning. They complement each other in providing first class financial advice. Their honesty, integrity &amp; sincere interest in securing a financial future for their clients makes them a standout group.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-icon\"><i class=\"ion ion-person\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Peter Wilson<\/strong><span>IT Professional &amp; Business Owner<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been highly impressed with their recent retirement plan &amp; start to enjoy some of the fruits of our working life. Chris &amp; Mark were able to provide me with the impetus to take the next step which could have been delayed without quality financial advice.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author4.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Dr. Kevin Adams<\/strong><span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- pager & prev\/next links -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-pager\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"paging-control clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- end Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-transparent-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-14\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-14-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-14-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"27\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-14-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"28\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Main style 2 \u2014 single item<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-secondary-color-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-15\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-15-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-15-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"29\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-main-style-2 author-info-inline\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been highly impressed with their recent retirement plan &amp; start to enjoy some of the fruits of our working life. Chris &amp; Mark were able to provide me with the impetus to take the next step which could have been delayed without quality financial advice.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author4.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Dr. Kevin Adams<\/strong><span>Self Funded Retiree<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-white-bg stripe-fullwidth\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-16\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-16-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-16-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"30\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-16-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"31\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Main style 3 \u2014 slider<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-light-grey-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-17\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-17-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-17-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"32\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-main-style-3 top-icon-enabled width-80pct-centered\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top-icon\"><i class=\"fa fa-quote-left\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-slider cycle-slideshow\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-speed=\"200\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-timeout=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pause-on-hover=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-paused=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-slides=\"> .testimonial-item\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-prev=\"> .testimonial-item .cycle-pager .cycle-prev\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-next=\"> .testimonial-item .cycle-pager .cycle-next\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-auto-height=\"container\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-log=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-update-view=\"-1\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have been working with Benchmark Strategic for over 15 years and they have been invaluable in supporting us with both educational trusts, inheritance tax advice and pension planning.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author2.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Kathy and Ben<\/strong><span>Melbourne<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- prev\/next links -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-pager\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They listened to what I want to achieve for a secure retirement &amp; have guided me towards a balanced investment plan.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author4.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jason Bannister<\/strong><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onix-creative.com\" target=\"_blank\">IT Professional &amp; Business Owner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- prev\/next links -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-pager\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- end Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-white-bg stripe-fullwidth\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-18\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-18-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-18-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"33\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-18-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"34\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Main style 3 \u2014 single item<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-secondary-color-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-19\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-19-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-19-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"35\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-main-style-3 top-icon-enabled author-info-inline width-80pct-centered\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top-icon\"><i class=\"fa fa-quote-left\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They listened to what I want to achieve for a secure retirement &amp; have guided me towards a balanced investment plan.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jason Bannister<\/strong><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onix-creative.com\" target=\"_blank\">IT Professional &amp; Business Owner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- end Testimonials -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-transparent-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-20\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-20-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Gap -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-20-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-divider widget-divider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"36\" >\n<div class=\"gap margin-bottom-30px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Gap -->\n\n\n<!-- Text Block -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-20-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-text-block widget-text-block panel-last-child\" data-index=\"37\" >\n<h2 class=\"lead-text-large text-grey remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Main style 3 \u2014 slider<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Text Block -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- end Container -->\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- end Stripe section -->\n\n\t\t<!-- Stripe section -->\n\t\t<div class=\"stripe stripe-narrow stripe-primary-color-dark-bg stripe-default-bg-pattern dark-colored-bg\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stripe-upper-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"> <!-- Container -->\n\n<div id=\"pg-165-21\"  class=\"panel-grid row\"  data-cells=\"1\"  data-grids=\"22\" ><div id=\"pgc-165-21-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell col-sm-12 columns\"  data-cells=\"1\" >\n\n<!-- Testimonials -->\n<div id=\"panel-165-21-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_benchmark-testimonials widget-testimonials panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"38\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-main-style-3 top-icon-enabled width-80pct-centered\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top-icon\"><i class=\"fa fa-quote-left\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Testimonial Slider -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-slider cycle-slideshow\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-swipe-fx=\"fade\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-speed=\"200\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-timeout=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-pause-on-hover=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-paused=\"true\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-slides=\"> .testimonial-item\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-prev=\"> .testimonial-item .cycle-pager .cycle-prev\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-next=\"> .testimonial-item .cycle-pager .cycle-next\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-auto-height=\"container\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-cycle-log=\"false\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-update-view=\"-1\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have been working with Benchmark Strategic for over 15 years and they have been invaluable in supporting us with both educational trusts, inheritance tax advice and pension planning.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author2.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Kathy and Ben<\/strong><span>Melbourne<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- prev\/next links -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-pager\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They listened to what I want to achieve for a secure retirement &amp; have guided me towards a balanced investment plan.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-author\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/e-merald.com\/themes\/benchmark-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/testimonial-author4.jpg\" alt=\"Testimonial Author 4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-info\"><strong>Jason Bannister<\/strong><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onix-creative.com\" target=\"_blank\">IT Professional &amp; Business Owner<\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- prev\/next links -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-pager\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cycle-next\"><i class=\"fa 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