Opinions On The Economy & Investments

The following article is very encouraging reading http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20691842 I hope this is a beginning of a positive trend in UK employment. The disappointment was how low the average wage increase was compared with the inflation rate. Most...

The EU & Mortgage Regulations

I was relieved for now after reading the following article http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/mortgages/key-vote-to-decide-europe-wide-mortgage-regulation-delayed/1063270.article The UK’s residential mortgage market is very different from most of the other domestic...

Preparing To Pay Even More For University Education

The following article is worrying reading for anyone with school aged children who want them to go on and have a University education. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24444600 Preparing to pay even more for University education at an elite British institution in...

Rules & Regulations For Independent Financial Advisors

I do hope the Member of the European Parliament who was quoted as saying “We are hoping it is the high watermark of bashing for the finance sector” is correct. We have had to endure many regulatory changes few of which have really benefited the British consumer or...

European Central Bank On Standby

I hope the message from the European Central Bank that it is ‘on standby’ as quoted in the following article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22369765 does not lead to quantative easing in the Eurozone that we have seen in the UK. As I have written about before the...

Equitable Life & Pensions

I was pleased to read that the Government has extended its deadline for claims for compensation for those people caught out by the Equitable Life failure. The pensions industry has been rocked with a number of problems and it is important that some of them are put...