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This content is for information and inspiration purposes only. It should not be taken as financial or investment advice. To receive personalised, regulated financial advice regarding your affairs please consult an independent financial adviser. Should you invest money in funds (e.g. an index fund) or pick stocks individually yourself? Many people like the idea of […]

This content is for information and inspiration purposes only. It should not be taken as financial or investment advice. To receive personalised, regulated financial advice regarding your affairs please consult an independent financial adviser. Lately, the “triple lock” system has come under doubt as the UK government grapples with the rising cost of the State […]

This content is for information and inspiration purposes only. It should not be taken as financial or investment advice. To receive personalised, regulated financial advice regarding your affairs please consult an independent financial adviser. It is certainly possible to hold too little cash in savings. Yet it can also be possible to hold too much […]

This content is for information and inspiration purposes only. It should not be taken as financial or investment advice. To receive personalised, regulated financial advice regarding your affairs please consult an independent financial adviser. The headlines often speak of “stealth taxes” –  but what are they exactly, and how might they affect you? In this […]

This content is for information and inspiration purposes only. It should not be taken as financial or investment advice. To receive personalised, regulated financial advice regarding your affairs please consult an independent financial adviser. The Chancellor’s recent Autumn Budget contained a pledge to spend an extra £150bn over the coming years. This might come as […]

This content is for information and inspiration purposes only. It should not be taken as financial or investment advice. To receive personalised, regulated financial advice regarding your affairs please consult an independent financial adviser. Our children learn many subjects at school. English, Science and Maths feature prominently in the curriculum – presumably because these will […]

This content is for information and inspiration purposes only. It should not be taken as financial or investment advice. To receive personalised, regulated financial advice regarding your affairs please consult an independent financial adviser. March 2020 saw some interesting changes for the Bank of England’s (BoE) base rate. On the 19th March, it was cut […]

This content is for information and inspiration purposes only. It should not be taken as financial or investment advice. To receive personalised, regulated financial advice regarding your affairs please consult an independent financial adviser. Did you know that almost 1/8 people in the UK have no private or workplace pension? That means many of these […]

This content is for information and inspiration purposes only. It should not be taken as financial or investment advice. To receive personalised, regulated financial advice regarding your affairs please consult an independent financial adviser. A new year, and also a new decade. 2020 feels like a fresh start for many people, and this January is […]

Did you know that your child might have over £2,000 held in a forgotten bank account? In 2005, the Labour government set up an initiative called the Child Trust Fund. It allowed both the government and also parents to put money into a special account for their children, provided they were born after 1st September […]