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Under the pension freedoms rules introduced in April 2015, once you reach the age of 55, you can now take your entire pension pot as cash...

It’s important to be able to keep your finances healthy as you recover from an illness or injury. Being unable to work can quickly turn...

Whole-of-life policies tend to offer the policyholder lifelong protection and are designed to give you a specified amount of cover for...

In this post we set out the main tax changes that apply to the 2019/20 tax year, which commenced on 6 April 2019. Reviewing your tax...

Unadvised retirees who are now able to dip into their pension are having to return to work to cope with juggling their finances,...

Saving for retirement is one of our greatest financial priorities, especially as life expectancy is growing and retirements are likely to...

Whether you have earned your wealth, inherited it or made shrewd investments, you will want to ensure that as little of it as possible...

The lifestyle of our loved ones may be seriously compromised if we die. However, very worryingly, more than 2.4 million cohabiting...

Over three million working couples are classed as 'double income, no option' (DINOs), which means they are potentially financially...

If something should happen to you, the last thing you want is for you or your family to be worrying about money. One of the most...

Making a Will is the first step to ensuring that your estate is shared out as you want it when you die.  If you die without a Will, you...

Private Medical Insurance (PMI) is designed to provide cover for the costs of medical treatment without being entirely reliant on the NHS

There are 1.9 million limited companies in the UK and around 78% of these employ no more than four people...

The translation from the latin inter vivos means 'between the living'... a gift made by a donor to another during lifetime ..PET

If you are not capable of acting in respect of your finances you will have already expressed your choice of person or people to act...

Many are putting their families at potential risk should the worst ever happen. This was among the findings from price comparison website...

Some people who make gifts to reduce Inheritance Tax are concerned about losing control of the money. This is where trusts can help...

One of the most important things you can do to help reduce the amount of Inheritance Tax you could be liable to pay is to write a...

Gifts made to an individual or to a bare trust more than seven years before you die are free of Inheritance Tax, so it might be wise...

If you don't want to give away your assets while you're still alive, another option is to take out life cover...