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Rising life expectancy is good news but it could present some challenges, including making provisions for potentially needing additional help later in life. An Age UK report has highlighted how many people have unmet care needs and the lack of financial support from local authorities. So, if you haven’t already, creating a care fund as
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With 195 countries to choose from, deciding where to go on your next holiday can be tricky. In a world where many popular holiday destinations are flooded with visitors and overwhelmed with inauthentic restaurants and shops, you might want to find a place off the beaten path so you can truly enjoy the country you’re
Read moreIntroduction Despite the claims of Brexit and the debate on triggering Article 50, it is impossible to start this commentary anywhere other than in Washington where, on January 20th, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. It is remarkably difficult to find a news outlet that has a neutral view
Read moreOn a slightly different note and with a view to helping local schools, if you have a minute to spare please can you complete the attached survey. It will help Wimbledon College & Ursuline High School’s Sixth Form team who have made it through to the London Final of The Bank of England Interest Rate Challenge.
Read moreRichard Harrington, who was made pensions secretary by Theresa May soon after she assumed office as Prime Minister in July last year, recently wrote an article for This Is Money divulging his spending tips for 2017. It’s a piece littered with what could be called ‘financial advice’, so what does the new minister recommend we
Read moreRetirement consultancy Mercer recently revealed that the final salary pension deficit of the 350 largest companies listed in the UK had reached £137 billion by the end of last year, despite the FTSE 100 index closing 2016 at a record high. That figure is more than three times the corresponding deficit amount of £39 billion
Read more“It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future”. A quote which is usually attributed to either baseball player Yogi Berra or author Mark Twain – which in reality was most likely never actually said by either man – but nonetheless pithily sums up the problem with trying to work out what is going to
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