Monthly Archives: July 2019
Understanding the State Pension: 4 Crucial Tips
In 2019-20, the maximum new state pension amounts to about £8,767.20 per year (£168.60 a week) – quite a significant sum towards helping fund your retirement lifestyle. Of course, it’s easy to assume that you will get the same amount from the government as everyone else when you retire. Yet this is not necessarily the […]
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A Short Guide to Personal “Cashflow” Planning
When you hear the phrase “cashflow planning”, a common image which springs to mind is that of an accountant bent over spreadsheets in a large corporation. It is perhaps less common to think of ordinary people and couples in their 30s, 40s or 50s trying to figure out how much money they will need to […]
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Improving vs. Moving: Which Earns You More?
Moving home is never a decision based purely on financial interests. Naturally, emotions play a big part as well. Perhaps this is your first home together as a married couple, or maybe it just pains you to think about leaving a neighbourhood where you have made so many friends. Yet finances inevitably play a big […]
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A Short Financial Planning Guide for Women
It might sound strange to modern ears to talk about “financial planning for women”. Yet with earning inequalities still making the headlines and even talk of a “pension gender pay gap” it is important for women that women feel confident in planning their wealth and financial affairs. You might be tempted to think that inequality […]
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