Buy for Uni: A sensible student accommodation option for your children?
University is one of the pivotal times in life. Your children have made it through the tantrums and tears and are starting to navigate adulthood alone. Over the next few years they will graduate with:…
Calls for triple lock to be abolished
For those that receive the State Pension, calls for the abolition of ‘triple lock’ won’t be welcome news. Though it has played a vital part in the rise of the State Pension, many are unaware of…
The overlooked way of reducing your Inheritance Tax (IHT) bill
Large gifts are a long-established method of reducing Inheritance Tax (IHT). However, not everyone can afford to, or wants to, give lump sums of money away. When given, large gifts are Potentially Exempt Transfers (PETs), which means…
Millennials taking a greater interest in retirement planning
Millennials. If the media is anything to go by; they are lazy, entitled narcissists. However, new research from Prudential reveals that the demographic commonly blamed for being more interested in selfies than Self-Invested Personal Pensions,…
Swapping cityscape for landscape: Almost 65,000 people leave London for greener pastures
Generation Rent are turning to rural communities as they leave the capital behind in search of lower living costs and calmer surroundings when buying a home. Although the city’s population has continued to grow year-on…
Take financial advice if you want to be 39% better off in retirement
It is often hard to show in tangible terms exactly how effective financial advice can be. However, new research from Dunstan Thomas reveals that those taking financial advice can be 39% better off in retirement. The value…