There’s been some great duo’s. Holmes and Watson. Batman and Robin. Morecambe and Wise…. ….You and your Partner Ok so you may not consider yourself and your partner in the same league as superhero’s, genius detectives and comedy geniuses (however sometimes I do think Cassie and I are more like Del boy and Rodney – […]
In October last year I told you a story on this Blog about my Dad. The story explains the motivation behind my dad’s saving habits and involves Dockers, Pubs and Pennies. I’ve been told it’s worth a read so if you’d like to you can read it here. The interesting thing about the story is […]
Let’s start with a question…. What was the first certificate you ever received? Although one of my particular personal traits has been to use my head and mouth far more effectively than my arms and legs i’m pretty sure mine was an ‘effort’ certificate for athletics (which I was always a bit rubbish at although […]
I don’t know about you but I always find that the last day of any holiday is always the one that ‘drags’ the most. I’ve had a great week in splashing around with my girls in the pool, visiting the sights of Tunisia (which included an incredibly interesting mosque and a breathtakingly beautiful coliseum) but […]
If you’re a regular reader of this blog you know that a lot of the work we’re doing as a business at the minute is focused on helping employers prepare for auto enrolment. In our opinion, auto enrolment is a good thing! It will help millions of people take ownership and save for their financial […]
I love a good puzzle. Sudoku, rubik’s cubes, Logic Puzzles and Cryptograms…I just love digging into a mental challenging puzzle and emerging with a solution that works. At the moment I find myself spending more and more time working on puzzles of a different nature. The puzzle of auto enrolment. Recently I was doing some digging into […]
As you can probably tell if you’re a regular reader of my blog…I love writing. I’m also an avid reader. I love a good Sci Fi yarn, I enjoy a great autobiography and am forever trying to quench my thirst for knowledge about people, business or the world by reading regularly and extensively. There are […]
Over the last couple of years on this blog I’ve covered a wide range of issues. I’ve talked about some of the personal and business financial challenges you might face, shared with you some of the challenges I’ve faced within my business and tried to tell you about some helpful stories about my clients, my […]
I wrote in my previous blog about the things you can do to when you find yourself diverting from your financial plan in order to sticking to the plan (you notice that I didn’t say ‘if’ – at one stage or another, big or small, it happens to us all). You can read the previous […]
We all, either intentionally or unintentionally, we all have goals. Some of these might be activity based (like run a marathon or climb mount kilimanjaro), some might be lifestyle based (like spend more time with your family or try to get fit) and some might be financial (like achieve financial security, pay for your children’s […]