Category: Life Planning & retirement & savings & Uncategorized
A new Age UK survey has found that over one million people aged 65 plus in the UK describe themselves as always or often feeling lonely, an increase on the figures last year, and two in five (41%) say that their TV or pet is now their main form of company.
Category: Education & Lifestyle & savings & Uncategorized
Parents want value for money from their childâs further education â they increasingly expect a good return on investment from sending their child to university according to a new report from HSBC, âThe Value of Education: Springboard for Successâ.
Category: Investments & isas & pensions & savings & Uncategorized
âOut with the old and in with the newâ regimes
The Chancellorâs March 2014 Budget may well go down as one of the most radically overhauling game-changers since Lloyd George ushered in the state pension in the 1908 Pensions Act (at the time perceived as dangerously radical).
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 âClass of 2014â is Prudentialâs 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 ÂŁ250 per month, or ÂŁ3,000 over the course of a year.
Category: retirement & savings & Uncategorized
New insight from fieldwork undertaken by MGM Advantage in March 2014, reveals the approach people are likely to take when they have full access to their pension pots for the first time, following the radical changes announced in the 2014 Budget.
Category: retirement & savings & Uncategorized
