Lifestyle

Retirees’ incomes squeezed to support their families

June 06, 2014 by TIna

Category: Lifestyle & retirement & savings & Uncategorized

Two in five (39%) people planning on retiring this year provide financial support to their families or other dependants, according to new research by Prudential. The research into the ‘Class of 2014’ is Prudential’s seventh annual study tracking the future plans and aspirations of people who plan to retire in the next year. It reveals that retirees who still provide regular support to their dependants pay out an average of £250 per month, or £3,000 over the course of a year.

Self employment growth bucks job industry trends but are self-employed workers saving and paying themselves enough?

May 27, 2014 by TIna

Category: Economy & Lifestyle & Uncategorized

The growth of self-employment has become one of the stories of the UK economic recovery. While the share of total UK employment accounted for by self-employment has risen for decades, bucking the trend internationally, its pace has accelerated since 2008.

How long do you think you’ve got left?

May 01, 2014 by TIna

Category: Lifestyle & retirement & Uncategorized

A new report from MGM Advantage, put together with research conducted in October 2013, asked the following question of respondents: ‘Being as realistic as you can, approximately how old do you think you’ll live until?’

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Equity Release

April 05, 2014 by TIna

Category: Investments & Lifestyle & retirement & Uncategorized

“Property rich, cash poor” has been the lament of thousands of older people for a very long time – and equity release originally came into being to address this concern.

The Boomerang Generation and its effect on the housing market

February 27, 2014 by TIna

Category: Economy & Lifestyle & Uncategorized

According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in January 2014, an ever-growing number of adult children are continuing to live in the family home rather than moving out to get a place of their own. The ONS reports that the number of adult children still living with their parents has risen 25% since 1996.

We are a nation of worriers but are we worrying about the right things?

February 20, 2014 by TIna

Category: Investments & Lifestyle & savings & Uncategorized

Britons spend more time planning their next holiday, haircut and shopping excursions than they do making preparations for their financial future, according to a new study by Scottish Widows, examining the long-term worries of the nation. The survey of 2,000 people conducted by One-Poll in December 2013 and January 2014, indicates that we may be trapped in a vicious circle of our own making, as the things we worry about most are also the things we tend to put off planning for.

Retirees’ incomes squeezed to support their families

Self employment growth bucks job industry trends but are self-employed workers saving and paying themselves enough?

How long do you think you’ve got left?

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Equity Release

The Boomerang Generation and its effect on the housing market

We are a nation of worriers but are we worrying about the right things?

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