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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) publishes a review of the cash savings market following evidence of some dubious tactics at work. While the use of paper cash is declining as a means of payment, the need to retain a cash reserve remains as strong as ever. We all need some ‘rainy day’ money in case of […]
‘Tick the Gift Aid’ box to boost your donation to charity and save some tax. The number of national and international calls on our goodwill to donate to causes has grown in the last few years. You are probably familiar with the ‘Tick the Gift Aid’ box, or a request to sign a declaration, when […]
Action Fraud is warning people to provide an extra layer of protection and enable the 2-Step Verification (2SV) option, as more than 33,600 people had their social media or email accounts hacked in the last year. Adam Mercer, Deputy Director of Action Fraud, said: “Cyberattacks and hacking are carried out by faceless cybercriminals who target […]
The Value In Thinking Ahead Retirement is something most of us look forward to − particularly on a Monday morning. However, those thoughts are often little more than a whimsical cocktail of not having to work and prolonged holidays. The reality could be rather different. For a start, retirement has increasingly become a gradual process, […]
With a majority of over 200 and a weight of expectation, what happens next for Sir Kier Starmer’s new Labour Government? The importance of the first 100 days of a new Government cannot be understated. Within that period the new incumbent has the greatest political capital to take bold actions, as well as the greatest […]
Do you dream of retiring much earlier than your peers? Many ideas which originated in the US have made their way across the Atlantic. The latest financial innovation to join index-tracking investments, budgeting apps and exchange traded funds is the FIRE movement – Financial Independence, Retire Early. If you are a millennial or a […]