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Will you do it soon? Four reasons to get your will written now
Ensuring you have a will is the safest and most official way to make sure your worldly possessions are distributed how you choose when you die. This is a legal document recording your wishes and outlining how your estate will be divided. Having a will is one of the...
Double edged sword of Woodford criticism
The collapse of embattled stock picker Neil Woodford's fund empire, highlights the risk of putting all your eggs in one basket - no matter how attractive the returns. When Friar Tuck boasted of hitting a tree with an arrow, Robin Hood asked him which tree he aimed...
Over 50s Brexiteers ‘looking forward’ to ‘fewer terrorist attacks’ and ‘pension values rising’
Those aged 50-years-old and over who voted for Brexit, are “looking forward” to “fewer terrorist attacks,” a rise in their pension pot value, as well as the “cost of living falling.” That’s according to research by Atomik Research, on behalf of financial services...
“Only little people pay taxes”
Tax efficiency is not tax avoidance. Why getting IFA advice on investments, bonds and tax liability will help your finances in later life. "We don’t pay taxes, only little people pay taxes’ - The haunting words of the late Leona Hemsley, the billionaire convicted of...
Mothers and over-50s push UK employment to record high
Companies seek new sources of labour as number of workers coming from EU falls. FT.com reports that mothers, the over-50s and students entering work helped drive UK employment to a record high during the three months to the end of February, according to data published...
Should job-hogging over-50s all resign?
Too few jobs. Rising unemployment, especially for young people. Here's a radical solution, says commentator on office and workplace life, Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times (born 1959). Wasting time on the internet recently, I came upon a nasty statistic. In the...
Risks & opportunities of no deal Brexit for property investors
In, out what’s it all about if you’re trading in property? Is the political uncertainty over Brexit a reason for investors to change their behaviour? Choice reports that when the Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, warned last September that a disorderly Brexit...
Brexit NOT impacting UK employment as numbers in work SOAR with over 50s HUGE contributors
Employment in the UK has continued to soar despite claims Brexit could hamper job prospects, new figures reveal. The Express reports that research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows a record number of people in the UK were in employed between October...
The over 50s market is where all the money is
Marketing and communications professionals were told that a lucrative opportunity exists in the over 50s marketplace at an event held at JBP. JPB reports that an impressive line of speakers, including marketing, social media, data and employee engagement experts gave...
£500,00 tipping point for over-50s to seek advice – research
Many over-50s reckon they need a £500,000 "windfall" to make financial advice worthwhile, research by The London Institute of Banking and Finance and Seven Investment Management (7IM) has suggested. Professional Advisor reports that the survey of more than 2,000 UK...
Prices that are all over the shop
During a year long investigation, the independent consumer body Which? tracked the prices of 32 of the most popular makes and models of home and technology appliances at five of the UK’s biggest retailers: Amazon, AO.com, Argos, Currys PC World and John Lewis. Mature...
Will you be entitled to £140 off your energy bill?
30,000 more customers are going to be entitled to the ‘Warm Home Discount’ as the offer is extended down to smaller suppliers. Over 50s.com reports that will you save? Currently only suppliers with over 250,000 customers have to pay the benefit. The government...