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Bridging the gender pension gap

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest that, on average, women earn around 16% less than men. This, of course, affects pension contributions and ultimately leaves women…

Will the Four Day Week become the New Normal?

The effect the pandemic has had on people’s mental health has been well documented. Many people have been juggling work, a home, a family, a relationship, as well as elderly…

Is the North East the new London?

When Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivered his Budget speech in March much of the focus – inevitably – was on the economy’s recovery from the pandemic, and the…

UK’s Growth Fund could come from pension pots. What does this mean?

As part of the plan for an economic bounceback from the impacts of Covid, the Government has developed a plan intended to channel billions of pounds into infrastructure…

Is the Political Map of Europe going to be Redrawn?

In the first week of May an open letter was published in France. Signed by 130,000 members of the public and published in a right wing magazine, it accused the…

What is Ransomware? And could it affect your investments?

Those of you who follow the news may remember a story from early May. The Colonial Pipeline in the US – which carries 45% of the East Coast’s supply of…