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Financial Advice, Savings

6 lesser-known and positive reasons a financial planner is good for your wealth

An article in the Guardian tells the story of a reader who was told by a pension provider that her terminally ill husband’s retirement fund had been lost. Can you…

By Alice Douglass30th May 202225th June 2025Leave a comment
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Financial Advice, Protection

3 positive ways to ensure your financial security in old age

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the number of centenarians in the UK reached record levels in 2020, with 15,120 Britons trying to squeeze 100 candles onto their…

By Alice Douglass24th March 202225th June 2025Leave a comment
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Divorce, Financial Advice

3 powerful ways to ensure your lump sum divorce settlement offers financial security

Despite predictions that divorces would rise during Covid, as couples worked and lived together at home, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that they actually fell…

By Alice Douglass22nd February 202224th June 2025Leave a comment
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Financial Advice, Investment, Protection

5 ways to ensure you get the most from a financial review

As we head into another new year, it’s the ideal time to carry out a financial review. This can provide an opportunity to consider your existing strategy and ensure it’s…

By Alice Douglass13th January 202224th June 2025Leave a comment
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Financial Advice, Investment, Savings

10 powerful money lessons to develop your children’s financial skills

If you’re anything like me, you’ll have several members of the family to buy presents for this Christmas. Increasingly, youngsters ask for money to put towards items they want, whether…

By Alice Douglass14th December 202124th June 2025Leave a comment
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Financial Advice, Inheritance tax planning, Savings

3 powerful reasons intergenerational planning is vital for your family’s wealth

According to FTAdviser, in the next 30 years around £5.5 trillion will be passed to younger generations in Britain through inheritance. It’s been called “the greatest wealth transfer in UK…

By Alice Douglass18th November 20216th October 2025Leave a comment
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Financial Advice, Pensions, Protection, Retirement, Savings

Financial Planning when having a baby

When you are having a baby, there are so many things to think about: what travel system to buy, which car seat to choose, whether to use disposable or reusable…

By Alice Douglass28th April 202030th June 2025
Financial Advice, Investment, Pensions, Protection, Retirement

New Year – Time to review your finances?

Happy New Year! It’s 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.   With…

By Alice Douglass2nd January 201928th July 2025
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Divorce, Financial Advice

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…

By Alice Douglass26th June 201829th August 2025Leave a comment
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Divorce, Financial Advice, Pensions

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 for National Statistics, 42% of marriages…

By Alice Douglass12th June 201829th August 2025Leave a comment

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