Category: DB News
We can only plan for a life well lived, at least that ought to be the desired outcome. As we all know, the path of life will include successes, failures, mistakes, reflection, growth, challenges, and opportunity. None of us are immune. The perspective applied to our past experience’s doubtless shapes…
Ashley Brooks
30th June, 2023
A Unique 5 Year Period draws to an end….
The word “unprecedented” is banded around way too often in the investment industry. Markets are dynamic and ever-changing, so most market cycles feel different in one way or another. That said, the most recent 5-year period really has been one of the toughest on record for investment assets. It will…
Ashley Brooks
16th June, 2023
DB Wood Money Market Portfolio
Since the turn of the year, we have been working on launching a new portfolio for short to medium term savings. We are delighted to introduce the DB Wood Money Market Portfolio which will officially launch on 1st June 2023. Intrigued…? Let’s explain what this is and why we’ve launched…
Alex Chappell
19th May, 2023
DB News Update – just stuff we’ve been working on…
Travel with protection… Someone much wiser than me once said “we travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us”. Those sentiments seem even more relevant post-pandemic, where many of us haven’t yet ventured back to visit other places and cultures. Its not quite as easy as…
Alex Chappell
21st April, 2023
Spring Budget Update – A Push for Productivity
The general expectation coming into this budget was for further tax hikes. After all, the Autumn message was very clear – whilst the Government are being supportive to households via the energy price guarantee, that outlay needs to be paid for, and with the economy slowing towards a likely recession,…
Alex Chappell
17th March, 2023
For future planning this is probably the most important question we can ask of ourselves, though it’s one that’s also a challenge to answer. To start, you need to understand how much your life costs you now, and assuming you want your current lifestyle to continue, then make an assumption…
The Planning Team
17th February, 2023
As we come to the close of any year, it is good practise to look back and reflect on what has happened over the course of the year, together with what we have (or have not) achieved and try to ensure that we are as prepared as we can be…
Ashley Brooks
16th December, 2022
Business Update – Where we are Heading, Part 1
As the heat descended on us this week, we thought it was worthwhile reflecting on and sharing some hot news of our own from the year so far. We are always keen to ensure everyone has a forward financial and lifestyle plan; that way we are better equipped to navigate…
Ashley Brooks
22nd July, 2022
Well, 2021 went by in a flash! In my closing blog last year, I thought the central case for this year would be one of significant improvement on a number of fronts. From a COVID perspective, while I do think that’s true in some ways; billions of people have been…
Ashley Brooks
17th December, 2021
For several of us here at DB Wood, Newark-on-Trent has been home for many years. For DB Wood itself, it’s been home for the better part of 40. Our footprint reaches back to acquiring a small office in the Market Place in 2000, stretching then over to Stodman Street, to…
Georgia Ashley
25th November, 2021