by Town Close Financial Planning | Aug 5, 2020 | Pension & Retirement News
It’s a big number, isn’t it? A lot of days to fill, maybe 40% of your life. It really does warrant thinking about, doesn’t it? For us, your 14,000 days starts at 55, when you start thinking about what comes next. It ends at about 93, when what came next ends. People... by Town Close Financial Planning | Feb 4, 2020 | Pension & Retirement News
If that latter description sounds like you, or someone you know, you’re in very good company. Many of today’s over-60s are living life in a way that has a lot more in common with 20-somethings, despite four decades of age gap. Being part of a circle of close friends,... by Town Close Financial Planning | Sep 5, 2019 | Guest Post, Pension & Retirement News
It’s astonishing the effect starting to save earlier (which requires minimal gratification delay) and working longer (personally I don’t imagine ever fully retiring) can have. In truth we’re still getting to grips with this because most people in the... by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 5, 2019 | Pension & Retirement News
The Department for Work and Pensions has hit its target of bringing 10 million workers into occupational pensions, a year ahead of schedule. To give that figure a sense of perspective, 10 million is pretty much the entire population of Sweden. The final stages of the... by Town Close Financial Planning | Mar 5, 2019 | Pension & Retirement News
There’s no reason why being a parent, and particularly being a non-earning parent with commitments to their children, should put you at risk of decreasing your state pension entitlement. Currently, however, there are potentially hundreds of thousands of people in this...