As I write this, I am stranded at home in the Northumberland hills. Looking out over the valley into the village of Rothbury, it is a picture of almost pure white. The view would grace any Christmas card, and I am reminded of talk in recent years of ‘we dont really get bad winters like [...]
Life Cover, Critical Illness, Income Protection – Are You Fully Covered?
September 30, 2009 By
When you graduated, there’s a high probability you ‘signed up’ for income protection cover. Maybe it was at a graduation Ball, or perhaps it was following a talk you attended. Even if you found out since that better cover was available, the key is that you took action and purchased a very important protection plan. [...]
Financial Planning – The 10 Key Questions To Ask Yourself
September 4, 2009 By
No matter what stage of career you’ve reached, or even if you’ve retired, there’s a number of key questions that you should be able to answer to give yourself the confidence that you’ve addressed all the important areas of your financial planning. So, today, I’m going to run through the key areas that we run [...]
Changes to ‘Retail Financial Services’ & Backing Up (again!) – Ray Prince
August 10, 2009 By
Graeme Urwin recently wrote that the Financial Services Authority have published their final version of the Retail Distribution Review Consultation paper. I won’t go over what Graeme said, although if you want to know more you can read it here: My piece on it is that it’s long overdue. Unfortunately, the reality is that there [...]
Seeing the Future Clearly- Graeme Urwin
July 18, 2009 By
I am writing this a week or so before my father has an operation to hopefully save his sight. He has a complicated condition as well as having glaucoma. He is virtually blind in his left eye, and the op is a new cutting edge procedure at Moorfields to try to halt the decline in [...]
Getting Financial Advice – Your Options Explained
June 24, 2009 By
This post is a biggie, but I guarantee it’ll be worth a few minutes of your time. If you’re looking for help with your financial planning decisions, there are a number of resources you can turn to: the internet / media friends and family your own knowledge Ideally, it’s likely that you’ll want impartial information [...]
What’s Your ‘PYIR’ Programme All About? – Hot Topics Q & A
December 2, 2008 By
Q. I received an email from you a few days ago with a video of the results of a recent survey you conducted. At the end of the video you provided brief details of the ‘Planning Your Ideal Retirement’ (PYIR) programme that you are running in January 2009. What are the details of this and how will I [...]
