Happy Friday, readers! It’s time to catch up.
Here are some of the things that we covered at Informed Choice this week.
On the blog this week
We won! Informed Choice was named a winner at the prestigious Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2016 yesterday evening, at a lavish black-tie awards dinner in Woking.
Do you trust your children to pass on an inheritance? Shelley had some thoughts about grandparents and passing inheritance down the generations in this article.
How will you spend your cash in retirement? Nick wrote about new research showing pension cash being spent on home improvements for later life.
Is it possible to remove the jargon from pensions? The Association of British Insurers seems to think so and Martin examined their proposals.
The latest podcast episode
In our latest podcast episode, Martin visited our friends at Clandon Wood Natural Burial in the Surrey Hills to talk about end of life and funeral planning.
Informed Choice in the press
Nick was a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Money Box Live on Wednesday afternoon, talking to Paul Lewis and listeners about the future of free financial guidance. You can listen to the episode on the BBC iPlayer.
Before you go
There’s just over a week to go until the Informed Choice sponsored Cranleigh Parish Boundary Challenge on Sunday 8th May.
This event consists of a trail marathon, trail half marathon or 23 mile challenge distance walk around the parish boundary of Cranleigh.
Find out more and enter at www.cranleighchallenge.uk.