Today my youngest daughter, Sophie, is 6 months old. I’ve loved having a baby in the house after 8 years and whilst there has been challenging times (I know Cassie would probably rightly say for her more than me), I’ve loved (almost) every second of it. At 6 months she’s developing her own little personality […]
A recent study from Scottish Widows highlighted the fact that an increasing number of us between the ages of 30 and their retirement age do not save anything for their retirement (up to 22% from 20% last year). I commented in a recent article confirming my belief that as a profession we have an obligation to […]
I use Linkedin to maintain professional connections but don’t tend to check it as often as either Twitter or Facebook. I tend to pop in and out of the site, however I’m conscious it’s a platform I need to understand more. However one really useful area on Linkedin is the ability to start professional conversations about a […]
The last few days has been pretty interesting. West Ham had a tough match, but eventually managed to go back up to the premiership (come on you irons!). Chelsea won the champions league final by the skin of their teeth and my baby daughter Sophie had her first ever attempt at using her baby walker. […]
In a recent post I talked about my experience at my eldest daughter’s open day recently. If you haven’t read part 1, you can find it here. However, a broad recap is that Charlotte had a careers day at school and whilst the other children put far more glamorous jobs like Actor and Footballer….Charlotte said […]
There’s a TV programme I’m finding myself talking about more and more recently. It’s not my usual viewing fare and to be honest I’ve only seen it a handful of times, and I’m not defending myself, but it’s usually when Cassie my wife has it on and I’m on the sofa working on the laptop. […]
So, it’s Friday again, and you know what that means…..it’s time for songs of the week! Just Jack – Writers Block Not only do I love Just Jack, and the album this comes from Overtones….I’m struggling to write a meaningful blog entry today….so it feels quite apt! Mumford and Sons – Roll away your Stone […]
When planning for your retirement there are 3 broad steps to understanding what you need to do to achieve the lifestyle you want. Firstly, understand what kind of lifestyle you want in retirement, together with what this might potentially cost. Secondly, understand what provisions you have in place at the moment. Focussing on these two […]
When I originally started my business I decided to attempt (with a lot of help from my brother) to design the website myself. I enjoyed the process, but not being a web design expert it took me a lot longer than it would have done a professional web designer and obviously the look of the […]
It’s Friday again! and as a little break from the normal business / financial planning related Blog entries I’d thought it would be nice to share what’s been playing on my stereo this week:- John Legend – Ordinary People One of my favourite songs of all time. John Legend is an obvious talent – songwriter, […]