The whole point of saving is to be able to enjoy your hard-earned cash at some point in the future on whatever takes your fancy. Well, apparently us Brits don’t seem to be doing that – quite the opposite in fact. We tend to see capital as being “off limits” and income as being “available”. […]
Tesco has had a lot of bad press recently and is currently struggling to regain its previous high standing. The most recent setback was the cybercrime attack at the beginning of November that resulted in Tesco having to pay back losses of £2.5 million to more than 9000 affected customers. The money was apparently […]
We have written a few articles on the Lifetime ISA since the government announced the scheme would launch next April. But is all as it seems? The scheme has been under fire in the media recently for the high early exit penalties it imposes. As the government has just capped exit penalties on pensions, it […]
Well, it actually happened! And it feels like Brexit all over again! Reading the news on that chilly morning of 9th November you might have believed that the world might be standing still. But it wasn’t, and it won’t. It is the second time this year that the polls have been wrong, indicating as […]
The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott is not what it seems. It appears to be a self-improvement book about how to live a long life. But, when you read it, you find it is a study of how our lives, our communities, our businesses, […]
The new addition to the Individual Savings Account range (ISA), the Lifetime ISA (LISA) looks set to help millions of self-employed people make provision for their retirement when it launches in April 2017. Research by insurer Royal London1 refers to the UK’s 4.4m self-employed business people as the ‘Forgotten Army,’ concluding that when it comes […]
