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Feb 2025
Business owners: 5 reasons you could benefit from saving into a pension
Around half of business owners aren’t regularly contributing to a pension. While you might plan to use your business to fund your later years, a pension could still be a good idea and provide you with greater flexibility when you’re ready to retire.
Feb 2025
State Pension: Everything you need to know in 2025/26
The State Pension is often an important part of retirement plans as it provide a reliable income. Discover how you can ensure you’ll receive the full new State Pension, whether you’re retiring this year or the milestone is still years away.
Feb 2025
5 ways financial planning could help you emotionally prepare for retirement
While financial challenges often come up when talking to people nearing retirement, the emotional obstacles could be just as important. Fortunately, a tailored financial plan could help you feel confident and excited for the next chapter of your life.
Dec 2024
Guide: 5 key financial planning steps to consider during a divorce
A relationship breaking down can be incredibly emotionally challenging, and it may have a significant effect on your short- and long-term finances as well. This useful guide highlights some of the potential steps you might take during a divorce to maintain financial stability and plan for the future.
Dec 2024
5 useful tips for talking about mental health with your loved ones
If you find it difficult to talk about your mental health, Time to Talk Day is encouraging you to fix that. Read on to discover why it’s important to talk about your emotions, and our five useful tips for discussing your mental health with your loved ones.
Dec 2024
How to pass on assets to vulnerable family members
When creating an estate plan, you might want to pass assets to loved ones who cannot manage their finances themselves. In some cases, a trust could be a valuable option to consider, and some questions might help you understand if it could be right for your goals.
Dec 2024
5 practical tasks that could help you get more out of your pension in 2025
Being proactive and ticking off pension tasks could help you get more out of your retirement savings in 2025. Read about five practical steps you could take, such as reviewing how your pension is invested and checking you’re claiming your full tax relief entitlement.
Dec 2024
Research: Financial stability could be the key to retirement happiness
Research seeking to uncover the secret to happiness in retirement has found a common theme – financial stability. For many, that doesn’t mean generating huge sums, but understanding their income. Discover some of the reliable income sources you might receive in retirement and how financial planning could help.
Dec 2024
Behavioural finance: How established habits and experiences could affect your decisions
Your established habits and past experiences might influence the financial decisions you make today, and could affect your ability to reach your goals. Find out more and what you could do to break potentially harmful patterns.
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