Every year a member of the team at Hans Christmas Andersen Christmas tree farm at Santa Fir, just outside of Cranleigh, creates a beautiful garden next to their Santa’s Grotto. This year they decided to involve members of the local community in the creation of the garden. During November they invited local groups and businesses […]

Getting rich, Brexit-proofing your personal finances and the value of the orgasm economy. November featured nine new episodes of the Informed Choice Radio podcast, covering the usual diverse range of personal finance and investing topics. We started the month with a closer look at an interesting proposal designed to boost levels of pension savings for […]

The team at Informed Choice was pleased to sponsor and help organise the seventh annual Jigsaw Run 10k on Sunday morning. This annual charity run, raising money for Jigsaw Trust, took place at Dunsfold Park near Cranleigh. Runners at this popular event had the unique opportunity to run a mile along the main runway, crossing […]

We’re very pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Wise as Retirement Income Planning Director at Informed Choice. Philip joins Informed Choice from Skerritts in Brighton, where he was Head of Retirement Income. Prior to joining Skerritts, he was Managing Director at Spofforths Financial Planning for 17 years. He has more than 25 years’ experience […]

Podcasting is making the headlines again this month, with the BBC launching a new app designed to woo younger listeners. BBC Sounds replaces BBC iPlayer Radio and has been described as a way to allow the BBC to “lean in to the podcast revolution”. Here at Informed Choice, we’re a big fan of the podcast […]

Informed Choice financial planning director Shelley McCarthy presented a seminar this morning on the subject of inheritance tax planning. We broadcast her presentation live on our Facebook Page and the video is now available to watch. Within the 40 minute presentation, Shelley described the foundations of inheritance tax planning along with how the new residence […]

Part of our role as Financial Planners is to construct and manage investment portfolios designed to deliver on the objectives agreed with our clients. We have a robust investment advice process which is designed to ensure we always provide suitable investment advice to our clients. A few times each year, our Financial Planners and Paraplanners […]

Rowleys Centre for the Community is a registered charity based here in Cranleigh. Last year I was invited to become a Trustee of the charity and at the 2017 AGM was voted by the members onto the Board of Trustees. The charity is established to promote the welfare of people living in and around the […]

It’s an exciting time for our business, with the decision to open a new Informed Choice Petersfield office next month. The new office location opening is part of our plans to expand the Informed Choice brand into Hampshire. Holders Barn forms part of a prestigious new mixed development in Station Road, Petersfield. We signed a […]

The past three days I had the privilege of a work experience placement at Informed Choice. As an A-Level student, I had little knowledge of the world of financial planning and was eager to find out more. The main aim of this placement was to explore this sector of finance in more detail as I […]