Reconsidering retirement? You’re not alone

Reconsidering retirement? You’re not alone The pandemic has rendered retirement unaffordable for many people. A recent study9 found that 15% of those over 50 years of age and still in work, plan to delay their retirement by three years on average, while a further 26%...

COVID intensifies the generation gap

Never before have the British population’s life chances been so starkly divided by age, profession and region. The COVID pandemic has had an extremely uneven impact on people’s lives and livelihoods, often giving rise to divisions between the generations. COVID...

Making the Most of your Tax Allowances & Reliefs

Every year the government provides allowances and reliefs available for all taxpayers. Are you making the most of these? Or is another year going to pass and you won’t have checked to see how you and your family might benefit? Read on to remind yourself of the...

CGT Review – what’s on the cards

In July 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak charged the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) with carrying out a review of Capital Gains Tax (CGT), sparking speculation that the government is planning to increase the tax in a bid to refill its coffers following the...

Don’t fall prey to pension scams

Pension savers have long been a target for fraudsters, with high returns for successful scams: the FCA says that pension scam victims lose an average of £82,000. The situation has worsened during lockdown, with research5 indicating that 64% of pension transfers are...