There’s an old saying that nothing is certain except death and taxes.
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As the saying goes, it’s better to give than to receive.
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Will I have an inheritance tax bill?
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Do you consider your pension an asset in the same way that you think about assets like property, bank accounts, cars, and investments?
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Planning for retirement can be complicated, as anyone approaching the end of their working life will tell you.
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Some people object to insurance on the principle that it may not provide any tangible benefits.
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We’ll be the first to admit that your personal finances aren’t the easiest thing to fall in love with.
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You may have noticed in the news recently that Shell have been ordered by the Dutch courts to reduce their carbon pollution by 45% by 2030.
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Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) are a non-profit organisation dedicated to enabling finance to deliver positive change. They believe that in order to drive this positive change, they need to connect people and ideas with the goal of helping to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
This year, between the 8th and 10th of June, GEFI are hosting their…
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You may have come across the recent story of Jonathan Frostick.
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Many in the financial services industry will remember the first advice we were taught to give clients: ‘Save first, and then spend what’s left. Don’t do it the other way round.’ Or words to that effect.
The problem was, of course, that many people were not good savers, especially when it came to saving for retirement. After all, it was a long way off, and there was this year’s holiday in…
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Once upon a time we bartered; we exchanged animal skins for meat and sold our labour for a square meal.
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