Class of 2017
A pensioner relying solely on the state pension in retirement will be £1,400 worse off a year than the Joseph Rowntree Foundations standard.Source: Prudential ‘Class…
Are you invested in NEST pension scheme?
If you run a payroll service and have used or recommended NEST in the past 4 years you need to consider the unintended consequences of…
Chartered Status
Jan Kinghorn has now achieved Chartered Status with the CII. Congratulations from us all to Jan – here she is receiving a gift for this…
£47,000 shortfall in employer pension contributions for women
• Employer contributions are lower for women’s pensions than men: a result of the gender pay gap, career breaks for women and men working in…
March Newsletter
With Spring in the air, the budget and the end of the current tax year approaching, this month we look at; Time to review your…
Investment Scammed Concerns?
The FCA conducted a YouGov poll of 1,000 people aged 55 and over. Here’s what they found … 32% of over 75s 22% of over…
FTSE 100 Index reaches a record HIGH!!
The London stock market soared to new record highs yesterday meaning that the FTSE 100 index has now rocketed by a third since February last…
Investors flock to fixed income due to economic uncertainty
In a period of political and economic uncertainty, 2016 saw fixed income prove to be a popular home for many investors. Figures from the Investment…
Annual Allowance: Did you know?
The Annual Allowance (AA) limits the amount of tax privilege available on pension savings made by or in respect of an individual in the course…
Auto-Enrolment
One in seven businesses is failing to auto-enrol its employees (quarter 4 2016), in a workplace pension before the deadline, new figures from Aviva revealed….
Do you have a pension fund > £1.25m?
If the fortunate answer is yes, you can still apply for protection from HMRC, until April 5th 2017.This may apply if you are an employee,…
Did you know?
20% of people who expect to retire at or before 65 said they had chosen to because they could afford to. (source: Dept for Work…
Competition Winner
Congratulations to Tricia Simpson who won the Sussex Local December competition. Tricia collected her £50 voucher with her grandson and had their photo taken with…
Happy New Year to all our Readers!
Most of us have New Year resolutions. How about having a wealthcheck? According to a report from the Institute for Financial Studies, a generation of…
