Emily Macpherson
Personal Finances & Mental Health in Lockdown
My initial lockdown plans to catch up creating all the blogs, articles, podcasts and books I have been mentally planning haven’t really...
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Emily Macpherson
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
When to Invest if you don’t have a Crystal Ball
There are many reasons you might have capital to invest, perhaps you have received an inheritance, consolidated pension or saving...
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Ed Phillips
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
How Coronavirus (COVID-19) has Affected Property Transactions
In this guide we consider how and why property transactions have been affected by the current Coronavirus pandemic, and what is/isn’t permit
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Ed Phillips
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
Getting a Mortgage During The Coronavirus Outbreak
With the country still in ‘lock-down’, physical house-moves are virtually non-existent. But, if you would like to re-mortgage, or if have a
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Emily Macpherson
- Mar 19, 2020
- 2 min
Mortgage Payment Holidays
We thought it would be useful to share what we know so far
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Emily Macpherson
- Mar 12, 2020
- 4 min
Peace of Mind in Uncertain Times
I often talk about the fact that investment markets can fall as well as rise, and that holding a long-term position and not panicking...
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Emily Macpherson
- Jun 27, 2019
- 3 min
Health Update
Unbelievably it has been a year since I was first diagnosed with breast cancer. I know that because I attended my first annual check this...
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Emily Macpherson
- Feb 15, 2019
- 4 min
Five Down One to Go
It is almost three months since I last write a blog about my health and a few people have mentioned that they were worried not to have...
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Emily Macpherson
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
How to Cope with Stock Market Volatility
Media hype about stock market falls can make even the most calm and collected investors start to feel nervous. When stock markets...
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Emily Macpherson
- Dec 18, 2018
- 1 min
Mindful Finance - A Place of Calm
We are certainly living in historic times. It is all too easy to get swept away with media and political hype around Brexit, trade wars,...
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Neil Morris
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min
Can’t always have your cake and eat it!
Nobody likes paying tax and by the same token, if you can reduce the amount of tax you can pay by legitimate means that should be...
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Neil Morris
- Nov 27, 2018
- 1 min
Help To Buy Scheme - the small print
In amongst the headlines of last months budget was a revision to the current Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme, which is due to expire in...
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Emily Macpherson
- Nov 23, 2018
- 3 min
Black Friday – Day One of Chemo
Since my last blog I have done a lot of waiting – but today was the day my chemotherapy treatment started (so please forgive me if what I...
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Neil Morris
- Oct 19, 2018
- 3 min
Equity Release has moved on from the bad old days
Ever since a disastrous period for early unregulated schemes in the late 1980s and early 1990s, equity release has continually suffered...
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Emily Macpherson
- Oct 8, 2018
- 7 min
Update and Musings
I was completely overwhelmed by the response to my last blog ‘5 Lessons I have learnt from Cancer – So Far’. I have received many kind...
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Ed Phillips
- Sep 3, 2018
- 3 min
7 Steps to First Time Buyer Success
You have been saving towards buying your first home and are ready to take the step onto the property ladder. Before you hit the streets...
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Emily Macpherson
- Aug 27, 2018
- 6 min
Five Lessons I Have Learnt From Cancer - So Far!
I am a great believer in seeing the positive in any situation – but I have to admit that, over the last couple of months, my ability to...
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Emily Macpherson
- Mar 12, 2018
- 2 min
Positive Impact
In October last year we took part in a ‘values challenge’, as part of an inspiring event organised by Ramsay Patterson. We were...
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Emily Macpherson
- Mar 2, 2018
- 2 min
Work for Purpose
It seems like only a few days ago that we were preparing for the Christmas break and thinking ahead to plans for the new year, but here...
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Neil Morris
- Jan 15, 2018
- 2 min
Open Banking
This weekend saw the launch of the ‘Open Banking’, a term not many of us will have come across before. Open Banking requires banks to...
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