Financial Advice and Divorce
It’s February, the month when love is in the air and couples celebrate Valentine’s Day. So I thought I would talk about Financial Advice and Divorce. People getting divorced will…
Author: Alice Douglass
New Year – Time to review your finances?
Happy New Year! It’s 2019 a chance to start afresh and do all of those things you said you were going to do last year but didn’t get round to. …
The difference between defined benefit and defined contribution pensions
Since pension freedoms introduced in 2015, there has been an increasing number of people transferring out of Defined Benefit pensions – historically referred to as gold plated pensions. So why have…
How can I take an income from my pension?
If you have a defined contribution pension (where what you pay in dictates what you can take out) rather than a Defined Benefit pension (where your employer pays you a…
London to Paris The ride
In August 2018, I cycled from London to Paris with 3 of my best friends. All of us were cycling for different cancer charities. Between us we have raised over…
100 miles done!
It’s been a while since I have posted about any of my London to Paris training. It has been taking over my life. Since I last posted, I have done…
What is a Pre-nuptial Agreement?
Pre-nuptial Agreements Further to my recent blogs on Financial Planning and Divorce which you can read here: Financial Considerations on Divorce, Pensions and Divorce and Financial Advice and Divorce, this…
Pensions and Divorce
Here I am talking about another cheery topic – not death this time but the other “D” word – Divorce. According to the Office of National Statistics, 42% of marriages…
Financial Considerations on Divorce
Here I am talking about another cheery topic – not death this time but the other “D” word – Divorce. According to the Office of National Statistics, 42% of marriages…
Building up the miles
This week I did my longest ride and I also went out for my first ride on my own. The 37 miler On Tuesday, I went out with Woody and…