I recently read an interesting post on the regrets of the dying. This was a blog post written by a former palliative care nurse, who shared her thoughts on the regrets people shared with her as they faced their own death.  It seems that we can all take stock of our lives as we reach [...]

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The new tax year from 6th April 2012 sees a couple of important changes to pensions rules. The end of contracting out From this date you will no longer be permitted to contract out from a defined contribution pension plan such as a personal pension.  This has been used in the past to divert SERPS [...]

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We recently came across a news story of a pair of fraudsters who conned some unsuspecting ‘clients’ out of £15,000.  This is relatively rare, but still happens regularly.  Unfortunately, there are also many unregulated ‘advisers’ offering what amounts to financial advice, but who do not submit themselves to the rigorous standards of a regulated financial [...]

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The stamp duty holiday for first time buyers is due to come to an end on the 24th of March 2012.  Currently first time buyers in the UK do not pay any stamp duty tax on properties valued at up to £250,000.  After this date, the normal rules will apply, and first time buyers will [...]

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We have added a new client case study to our website, which details how we were able to help a client to boost their retirement income through the purchase of a retirement annuity contract.  We were able to help them to grow their future retirement income by more than 40%, and also to take away [...]

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