Category: Hot Topics
The world of financial planning is fascinating. We are privileged to be directly involved with client’s objectives, hopes, and fears. However, as the world we live in continues to evolve, we must remain open to new ideas. We see change not just across institutions and cultures, but also through improving…
Ashley Brooks
27th September, 2019
The State Pension – The Rules Reshaped
The 6th of April 2016 was a pretty ordinary day for most people, but in the pension world, we saw the biggest transformation of the UK State Pension for nearly forty years. In an attempt to reduce the rising cost of providing it, the Government and Treasury introduced…
Technical Solutions
2nd August, 2019
Brexit Update – New Leader, Same Issues…
It is now more than three years since we first voted to leave the European union, yet frustratingly it feels like we are no closer to knowing the final result. Soon a new Prime Minister will inherit the mammoth task of uniting a divided country, but will it…
Alex Chappell
18th July, 2019
Brexit – Where do we go from here?…
I know, by now just hearing the word “Brexit” is frustrating! Why can’t the politicians come together at a time when the country needs them to? Putting the people’s needs above their own was what they were elected for right? Then again, in such a closely contested vote,…
DB Wood Team
25th January, 2019
We are often faced with hurdles – trip or jump? They start as early as our first breath, but span life’s many stages. Sportsman often speak of facing hurdles; challenges that they have to overcome to get a winning result. People in everyday life also face their own…
NeilHolmes
19th October, 2018
As the Brexit deadline day (29th March 2019) looms ever closer, there is still little certainty as to what the outcome of the negotiations will be; will Theresa May be able to execute the perfect deal, or will she fall short and end up with a deal similar…
DB Wood Team
14th September, 2018
Holidays are an opportunity for reflection. Reflection about a number of things, but in the main I reflect on where we are as a business, in relation to longer term plans. Day to day it can often feel like there is not much progress, like you are simply…
Ashley Brooks
27th July, 2018
Two steps forward, one step back…
Walking down to the shops with my Dad to buy sweets on a Sunday morning was a weekly tradition when I was a little girl. The name of the game; maximising the number of sweets given the pocket money in my purse. Penny chews were an obvious choice;…
Rhiannon Sanders
22nd June, 2018
When reading my 8-year-old son’s school work last week I was interested to find his ‘time plan of my life’. He started with his early life as a beaver, then progressed to a specific senior school, had an aim to go to university, before marrying and having twin…
Ashley Brooks
4th May, 2018
Anyone who started higher education after 1990 has been eligible for student finance. Those who have a student loan (and their parents for that matter) are likely to recall that first glance at a settlement statement from the Student Loans Company. These statements land annually, updating you on…
Oliver Crampton
20th April, 2018