5 Ways to Switch Off When Working from Home

5 Ways to Switch Off When Working from Home

If you’re one of the many who now work from home as part of the ‘new normal’ since the Covid-19 pandemic began, you’ll be familiar with some of the positives of homeworking: No commuting, working flexible hours, and dressing casually. But you’ll also know how...
Paraplanning and the benefits of outsourcing

Paraplanning and the benefits of outsourcing

Paraplanning is a relatively new profession within the world of Financial Services, having only begun to be recognised as a role in its own right over the last two decades or so. The role of a Paraplanner is to use their technical knowledge and expertise to research...
From Sports Star to Financial Adviser

From Sports Star to Financial Adviser

Following the news that St.James’s Place has renewed its partnership with Switch the Play, a UK charity dedicated to supporting sportspeople to plan for and achieve a successful transition into life outside of sport, we look at why sports stars would look to a career...
Taking control of our financial wellbeing

Taking control of our financial wellbeing

With the key focus since the first lockdown in March being firmly placed on the nation’s mental wellbeing, the ability to try to take control of our financial wellbeing can only serve to help this. Inevitably, it goes without saying that any money worries already...
Informing our children to transform their futures

Informing our children to transform their futures

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the USA. During Talk Money week, we wanted to highlight the importance of talking money with our children, to encourage them to help form good money habits for life....