Home or Away?
I’ve just been on holiday – 10 days in the Loire Valley and Paris with friends & family – perfect. Today is my first day back and I was feeling pretty chilled at 9 o’clock this morning until the morning update from Money Marketing dropped into my inbox. HSBC have reported a 121% profit hike [...]
Feathering whose NEST?
Pensions – we’ve all seen the headlines over the past few years telling us that we’re all going to be broke when we retire. According to the DWP more than 7 million of us are not saving enough to fund a reasonable retirement income. Add to that the declining birthrate, increased life expectancy and the [...]
I thought you had to be rich to have a financial adviser?
We had a friend staying last weekend. I’d just got back from a 2 day conference and was engaged in a rant about the forthcoming Pension “Reform” (this will be the subject of a future blog but it’s currently in its 84th edit and I can’t seem to make it any less ranty) whilst glugging [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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