Author: Samuel Kirton

October 3, 2023

NHS flexible retirement options: new details released

If you a member of the 1995 Section of the NHS Pension Scheme, you can now take your pension benefits while retaining your current…

October 3, 2023

New online McCloud planning tool launched

The official McCloud remedy legislation has finally been published and to help aid planning, a new ‘McCloud Percentage Tool’ has been launched by the…

September 9, 2020

What is the impact of the Big Five on the long-term investor?

Investors love good stories. In recent years, many of these stories have centred around innovations that have fundamentally changed the way we live…

October 9, 2018

Have you requested your annual statement from the NHS?

Now is the time to actively request your pension statement from the NHS Pensions Agency if you have not already received it. The…

March 27, 2018

Mind the gender investment gap

While the media concentrates on the gender pay gap, recent research shows that women are also investing significantly less than their male peers.

December 18, 2017

Surprise increase in Lifetime Allowance – have you checked your position?

The chancellor Philip Hammond used his first autumn Budget to give some good news for pension savers. The lifetime allowance (LTA) which has…

October 4, 2017

Pay threshold warning: When did you last check your pay slip?

As a busy doctor, you are unlikely to have time to check pay slips every month but you might be surprised to find…

July 21, 2017

BBC presenters and the doctors who want to spread their wings

The much-anticipated report into the annual pay deals of BBC presenters was delivered this week, revealing the top earner as ex-Top Gear presenter…

March 9, 2017

BUDGET 2017: U-turn for self-employed tax rises

In his first (and in fact last) spring Budget, the chancellor Philip Hammond came down hard on the self-employed and those who take…