Some women in crises
New figures show that men have almost three times the amount of retirement savings, with women trailing far behind. According to various reports the average man has a pension pot worth £73,600, compared to...
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Common scams to avoid…
According to recent reports thousands of customers have already fallen victim to various scams since the start of 2017. Scammers can be very convincing, so be careful… The most common scam (around 30%) seems...
Auto enrolment (AE) and workplace pensions
Are you still one of the small business owners still to set up a scheme under the new rules? The law on workplace pensions has changed. Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in...
Mortgage Calculator – how much can I borrow?
Rightmove have a simple mortgage calculator to work out how much you may be able to borrow. Or work out your monthly mortgage repayments. Click here to go to Rightmove calculator
True and Fair Calculator
Well, I’m really liking this one!!! Found it today and it looks good. An independent way that measures the amount by which your investment is likely to be reduced over the period of the...
How vulnerable are you to the cash eater?
Personal inflation calculator I like the look of this cash tool from the Gov, which helps you to understand inflationary impact on your actual monthly and annual spend, aswell as also being a bit...
What’s the advice difference?
Do you know the advice difference…. If you are either getting or thinking about getting advice about investing your money, you do need to know that there are fundamentally two different types of financial...
Act now! end of tax year…
Making the most for the end of this tax year 2017 We are now in the final run up to tax year end and below are a few areas if you’re looking at this...
How does your health age stack up against your real age? –
Another tool, this time to do with health Well its Friday and the sun is finally shining. I’ve fed the cat, had my coffee walk around Hampstead and avoiding work for a few more...
A bit of fun – where do you fit in?
From the Institute for Fiscal Studies I thought this might be interesting if you have a few minutes spare. What do you think about your income, do you feel rich, poor, or just treading...
