After completing an intensive assessment day, we are pleased to announce our interns for this summer in Reece Wootton and Declan Gamble. Reece is currently studying Sports Science with Management at Loughborough University, and Declan is working towards a BA (Hons) in Economics, Finance and Banking…
Tracey
23rd May, 2016
Jeans and a smart shirt… that surprised me. I mostly expected a Georgio Armani suit and slick back hair, similar to Gordon Ghekko from the film “Wall Steet”. Of course, things have moved on and don’t get me wrong, the atmosphere wasn’t so relaxed that everyone…
Alex Chappell
12th May, 2016
NS&I Index-linked Savings Certificate – Renew or Cash in?
Does anyone have a NS&I Index-linked Savings Certificate that is due to mature soon? It’s been a topic of conversation in a number of our client meetings recently, so we thought that it would be pertinent to help…
Technical Solutions
5th May, 2016
I’m going to start you off with a statistic – 85% of our clients have made a claim. So nearly everyone has had some kind of experience with an insurer. I am actually not sure what you make of that statistic… high, low, about right? …
Risk
28th April, 2016
New Staff We are delighted to welcome Jane Hendry and Georgia Ayre who recently joined us in the Client Services team. Many of our clients may be familiar with Jane as she previously worked with us up until 2014. Georgia has spent the last…
Tracey
21st April, 2016
Investment Review Quarter One 2016
Market Review of Quarter One: Regular readers of this publication will recall that our outlook for 2016 involved low growth, low interest rates, lots of headwinds, and regular bouts of volatility in investment markets. At the end of the first quarter, we can look back and see that…
Ashley Brooks
15th April, 2016
The buy to let boom stretches back generations. The number of households owning buy to lets has tripled since 1980 and now more than 6% receive an income from investment properties (Thisismoney). Of course, young whippersnappers including those in our team at DB Wood are pushed to rent…
Alex Chappell
7th April, 2016
Technology is driving Motorists in all sorts of directions
Telematics, or the commonly known term the black box, is likely to have an increasing impact on motor insurance. It’s an interesting dynamic so we thought we would share our light hearted review on the advantages and disadvantages of this new approach, as well as road testing it…
Risk
4th April, 2016
Financial security, health and personal happiness are strongly related to one another. Mahatma Gandhi, was quoted as saying, “It is health that is real wealth.” In other words, health is as much of an ‘investment’ as equities or bonds. An unhealthy life is an unattractive situation, no matter how much…
Tracey
24th March, 2016
Brexit: What it could mean for the economy and financial markets
Founded in 1993 under its current name, but with origins stemming back to the 50’s, the EU is a union of 28 member states with an estimated population of 508 million people. It’s a means to share people, policy and economic prosperity, and one in which each member…
Alex Chappell
18th March, 2016
