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Category: Retirement Planning

17 January 2025
Reading time: 5 minutes
Retirement Planning

Our top financial resolutions can help you stay on track to achieve your goals

By Lily Megson-Harvey

Much like our health, our finances are an area of our lives that many would love to improve. When a…

10 January 2025
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Retirement Planning

Looking ahead for pensions in 2025

By Lily Megson-Harvey

The start of a new year often inspires reflection and motivation to plan for the future, and this January marks…

20 December 2024
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Retirement Planning

Co-piloting or flying solo? How relationship status can shape retirement planning

By Lily Megson-Harvey

When it comes to retirement planning, we all know it’s not a one-size-fits-all journey. Our personal circumstances can play a…

11 October 2024
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Retirement Planning

The problem with pension planners relying on social media

By Lily Megson-Harvey

In today’s digital age, social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok have become popular sources for all types of…

27 September 2024
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Retirement Planning

What is pension consolidation, and should I do it?

By Lily Megson-Harvey

If you’ve had more than one job throughout your working life, chances are you’ve built up multiple pension pots. In…

13 September 2024
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Retirement Planning

Four ways to get retirement-ready this Pensions Awareness Week

By Lily Megson-Harvey

Happy Pensions Awareness Week, savers! Meeting your retirement goals isn’t always straightforward, and a critical first step in making it…

30 August 2024
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Retirement Planning

Should I withdraw my tax-free lump sum from my pension?

By Lily Megson-Harvey

To withdraw or not to withdraw, that is the question. For many retirees, whether to withdraw the tax-free lump sum…

23 August 2024
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Retirement Planning

Pension calculators: how can they help you plan your retirement?

By Lily Megson-Harvey

When it comes to retirement research, pension calculators are a tool that you might find across various provider and guidance…

16 August 2024
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Retirement Planning

How much do I need to save for retirement?

By Andrew Megson

How much do I need in my pension pot to retire? It sounds like a simple question and one that…

2 August 2024
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Retirement Planning

Leaping into retirement: how to get out of the work mindset

By Lily Megson-Harvey

There’s nothing quite like it, is there? That feeling of clocking out of your very last shift, parting ways with…

26 July 2024
Reading time: 4 minutes
Retirement Planning

Advice and guidance: a duel made for the cinema

By Lily Megson-Harvey

Over the years, cinema has brought us many iconic frenemy battles, from Maverick and Iceman to Rocky and Apollo to…

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