How often do you pause to think about your pension plan? Are you saving enough for a comfortable retirement, or will your standard of living fall? Are you missing out on valuable tax relief on pension contributions? These are mistakes you should avoid at all costs. Thinking you’ll get by on your state pension Although […]
Retirement presents a series of opportunities and challenges; a primary concern for many people is ensuring they don’t run out of money. A sustainable, well-structured retirement income strategy is therefore desirable for any retiree. To enjoy a comfortable old age means doing some in-depth thinking well in advance, asking yourself what your goals are and […]
Whilst many more couples now share the household chores, it’s increasingly women who make the financial decisions for the household, such as choice of utility company or savings account. Survey results from market researcher Mintel1 show that 84% of mums surveyed say they have influence when it comes to taking financial decisions on behalf of […]
According to research from investment company Franklin Templeton1, only 36% of people with more than £250,000 saved for their retirement, select to take advice from a financial adviser. In the survey of over 2,000 UK adults, more than a quarter do not have a retirement income plan and 70% of those say that it is […]
So the date for the Autumn Statement has been set: 23rd November! Who knows what the new Chancellor has in store for us this time, but he has been saying he has big plans to “reset” Britain’s economic policy, whatever that means. As some people think that there was no plan in place for Brexit, […]
Protecting our personal details gets increasingly difficult with every passing year as technology evolves. If you told me even ten years ago that I would be able to pay for something by tapping my credit card on a device I would have said you were mad. I was only then struggling to get to grips […]
