I often get asked by clients for my opinion on whether their children should use student loans or not and, as I’ll shortly be deciding this with my daughter, I thought I’d outline what’s available, the terms and my thinking on the subject. ...
You might be concerned about how your children will be able to pay off student debt, save for a house deposit and start long term savings for the future. Here is one way you may be able to help....
Thinking about your and/or your partner’s demise is not something we like to do. In fact, in my experience, lots of us try and avoid thinking about our death as far as possible. ...
If you turned 18 in the last six months or are the parent of a child who has turned or is about to turn, 18 then you or your child might have been one of the first to have savings in a Child Trust Fund...
"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty"...
Looking back at the last two months it’s interesting to see how life has changed and the various challenges it has thrown up, but also how in other ways things haven’t changed....
If you are a parent like me you might be concerned about your children’s prospects of making it onto the property ladder. So what can they, or you, do to make the goal of property ownership more attainable?...
Whether you’re starting to think about your wealth and inheritance tax or possibly trying to assist older relatives in this process, before you or they make any big decisions it’s worth reminding yourself of the basics....
It pays to think of the little things and to take the time to notice and acknowledge people....
When deciding whether to take out insurance have you ever said to yourself something like “It will never happen to us”! ...