Interest rates will stay at 0.5%
Interest rates form an important part of the Financial Planning mix, with the cost of borrowing directly influencing the amount...
Your New Year Financial Resolutions in 2013
It is somewhat traditional to make resolutions at this time of the year and I heard recently that 88% of...
A year at Informed Choice
As we prepare to close the office for Christmas and the New Year (we reopen on Wednesday 2nd January 2013),...
Arch Cru Consumer Redress Scheme
The FSA has today announced that it will proceed with the Arch Cru Consumer redress scheme on which it consulted...
Where would you like me to pay this £100,000?
Now normally this would probably raise in your mind the the thought that you were being targeted for some kind...
Will I keep on running?
I used to do a lot of running when I was younger but I never enjoyed it. My motivation was...
Specialist independent financial advice
As a result of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), advisers will fall into two distinct categories; they will either be...
Strange universe of financial services compensation
A short while ago I wrote a blog explaining what happens to £100 of revenue received by an authorised and...
Buy things and enjoy yourself
In the ‘Twitter World’, comments are often made which are funny, entertaining or informative. Sometimes comments are made that are...
How is your pension plan doing?
We produce a full review report for our clients each year (for many twice each year) and this a great...