Blog

A cold call to chill the heart

April 2018

William Burrows, a Retirement Director at Better Retirement, writes in Professional Adviser, a publication intended to serve the Financial Services industry, about a cold call he received personally last week and which is yet another illustration of why this practice of cold calling must be stopped. His article went on as follows:- “It is time […]

National Minimum Wage Rates

March 2018

Just a note to remind you that new rates for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) apply from the 1st April. From the 1st April 2018, the following hourly rates will apply NLW rate for workers aged 25 and over – £7.83 The main rate for workers ages 21-24 – £7.38 […]

Young women worse off than their mothers and grandmothers

March 2018

Today’s women risk being worse off than their partners, mothers or grandparents, despite improvements in gender equality, a report has suggested. The Chartered Insurance Institute’s “Securing The Financial Futures of The Next Generation” Report describes today’s women as “profoundly more exposed to financial difficulty” than their male partners, mothers or grandmothers. The report identified six key […]

Start early to plan for retirement.

March 2018

We live in a time when the state pension age is increasing, the number of DB (Defined Benefit) Pension Schemes open to new members is decreasing, and more and more individuals will rely on DC (Defined Contribution) Pension Schemes in their retirement. As a result of Auto Enrolment, it’s true to say the more people […]