My initial lockdown plans to catch up creating all the blogs, articles, podcasts and books I have been mentally planning haven’t really...

There are many reasons you might have capital to invest, perhaps you have received an inheritance, consolidated pension or saving...

In this guide we consider how and why property transactions have been affected by the current Coronavirus pandemic, and what is/isn’t permit

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

We thought it would be useful to share what we know so far

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...

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...

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...

Media hype about stock market falls can make even the most calm and collected investors start to feel nervous. When stock markets...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Ever since a disastrous period for early unregulated schemes in the late 1980s and early 1990s, equity release has continually suffered...

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...

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...

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...

In October last year we took part in a ‘values challenge’, as part of an inspiring event organised by Ramsay Patterson. We were...

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...

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...