Financial Advice Blog

If you’ve still got a few years to go until you retire, this could be the perfect time to think about how you’ll manage your money once you stop working. One of the biggest concerns that people have is outliving their savings, so drawing up a budget will help you...

Many women are assuming a greater role in managing their family’s money. Believe it or not, before the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, women were unable to take out a mortgage without a male guarantor. Fast forward to 2018, and women are nearly as...

With house prices in parts of the country remaining high and the UK’s housing shortage ongoing, many young people are failing to get on to the property ladder until they reach their early 30s. At the other end of the scale, more people of pension age are separating...

Losing a loved one is a sad and traumatic time that also creates a host of financial complications that you may need to resolve. Finding their Will is an important step, as it will confirm who they appointed to act as their Executor to administer their estate, which...

The £5,000 tax-free dividend allowance was cut to £2,000 from April 2018. This change will impact investors with portfolios that generate more than £2,000 of dividend income where the investments are held outside ISAs or pensions. This means that making full use of...

Many people make their first foray into investment on a DIY basis, perhaps based on advice from a friend, or after reading a report in the media. Over the years they may save in ISAs, or take out a personal pension plan, or dabble with investments without really...