“The Pessimist Sees Difficulty In Every Opportunity. The Optimist Sees Opportunity In Every Difficulty.” Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, 30 Nov 1874 – 24 Jan 1965
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Five reasons why self-employed people should take advantage of the power of their pension…
July 2018
The picture-perfect view of being self-employed is understandably attractive: the notion of being your own boss and doing what you love under your own steam. In fact, the number of self-employed workers in the UK has steadily risen from 3.3 million in 2001 to 4.8 million in 2017, according to latest figures. However, recent statistics […]
Bank of Mum and Dad may be running out of money
July 2018
The “Bank of Mum and Dad” may be running out of money as parents are now providing smaller sums, according to research by Legal & General. Forecasts from L&G and the Centre for Economics and Business Research found the average contribution from parents towards a child’s mortgage deposit will decline from £21,600 in 2017 to £18,000 in 2018. L&G’s data found […]
Inspirational Quote of the Day
July 2018
“Hope is a waking dream.” Aristotle, Ancient Greek Philosopher, Born 384BC and Died 322 BC. Along with Plato, Aristotle is considered to be the Father of Western Philosophy
Who owns what?
July 2018
A lighter subject than what is normally written on a Monday on the subject of “Did you know?” Did you know that Lea and Perrins is American, that Tetley Tea is Indian (maybe not surprisingly) that Jaffa Cakes are Turkish that the Financial Times is Japanese and that Manchester United is American. Lastly and […]
Historical FTSE 100
June 2018
Click on the link below to see How the FTSE 100 Index would have looked were the Statisticians able to go back to 1700 Historical FTSE Index Makes interesting viewing. (Well I think it does!)