Exactly two years since the first lockdown was announced, the eyes of the public were firmly fixed on the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, as he rose to the despatch box in the House of Commons to deliver his Spring Statement.
The rate of inflation has continued to rise in the UK each month, growing from 0.7 per cent in January 2021 to more than 5 per cent in December last year. This is far higher than the Bank of England’s (BoE) long-term target of two per cent, which is why Read more…
Several new studies have been released in the last few months that explore attitudes to investment among female savers, many of whom have found an increased appetite for using money more effectively but a more cautious approach to risk. According to a new study by BNY Mellon, called The Pathway Read more…
With increasing numbers of us living well into old age, more and more of us will suffer from dementia or other conditions that can leave us unable to make financial decisions for ourselves. As many of us look to our future, we must ensure we have the protections in place Read more…
Social media and consumer advice websites seem to have become obsessed with new ways of helping people to save in ever more novel ways. Many of these aspirational posts ask people to set themselves some truly odd challenges to help them save more money. One popular iteration of this is Read more…