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Money: Do Households Need to Face Reality?

written by Dominic Fraser-Smith, 14th May

British households have been making significant changes to their budgets in order to weather the current economic environment. However recently, there have been a substantial number of headlines in the press recently indicating that whilst cuts are being made we are only servicing debt rather than reducing the problem.

Money: Pension Fee's Axed

written by Katie Harland, 13th May

The Government has banned consultancy charging on company pensions, which will help millions of UK employees grow their pension pots.

It may come as a revelation to some employees, but many companies especially small to medium size organisations who offer staff pension schemes rely on advice from pension consultants to set up and..

More: Mandatory retirement no longer exists

written by Dominic Fraser-Smith, 9th April

Following a survey into mandatory retirement in UK companies only 3% of companies have a compulsory retirement policy in place. This compares to 69% two years ago when the same research was carried out by law firm Eversheds.

More: Most popular Retirement Destinations

written by Katie Harland, 4th March

The typical image of retirement by the seaside has been backed up by figures from the Office of National Statisitcs showing that 8 out of the top 10 retirement destinations are by the seaside.

The Isle of Wight is the retirement centre of the UK with 42% of its inhabitants claiming the state pension

Money: Pension contributions increase

written by Katie Harland, 28th Februrary

With the increased focus and publicity surrounding pensions in the media it appears that there has been a knock on effect on the level of contributions people are making.

According to the official figures from HM Revenue and Customs contributions to personal pensions during the 2011-12 tax year increased by 7.8%.