Pension Awareness Week is back and this year it’s celebrating 10 years of making a positive difference. Now is the time to get to know your pension better than ever and prepare for the future you want. Our financial planning team Robson Laidler Wealth are on hand to guide and steer […]
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High earning NHS workers could face huge pension tax bills
22
Sep
Sep
High earning NHS workers, including GPs and practice manager partners, could face a £33,000 tax bill due to the way inflation is applied to their pension. The Government has rejected a call from the Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants (AISMA) to repeat the 2019/20 compensation scheme, which protected NHS […]
Financial Planning, Healthcare, Medical, Pensions, Retirement, Wealth
NHS Pension – exit planning tips
15
Nov
Nov
In 2019 Robson Laidler Wealth wrote a blog entitled NHS Pensions – handy hints to plan your exit This has been one of our team’s most viewed blogs yet since 2019 there have been a few changes, which you should be aware of. One thing that hasn’t changed and […]
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Pensions Awareness Day – All you need to know
15
Sep
Sep
Pension Awareness Day takes place annually on September 15 with the aim to alert the nation that they need to save more for their retirement. So what do you need to be aware of exactly? Here’s some tips from Chartered Financial Planner Amanda Cowie director at RL Wealth: Pensions are […]
Blog, Pensions, Personal Finance, Retirement, Tax, Wealth
Did you reach State Pension age between 6/4/2010 and 5/4/2015?
29
Apr
Apr
Did you reach State Pension age between 6/4/2010 and 5/4/2015? Here is some help on how you can top up any missing years… The DWP has published updated guidance for those who reached State Pension age between 6 April 2010 and 5 April 2015 on how they can top up […]
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Don’t ignore your pension savings statement
22
Sep
Sep
It’s rare nowadays to be in, what used to be called, a “Final Salary” pension. We now call these “Defined Benefit” pensions because they are now not typically based on your final salary but on your service and income levels throughout the period of membership. If you work for the […]
21
Sep
Sep
Typically, when we speak to younger clients, to retire at 55 feels like a good plan. Perhaps this is because their work is demanding, and they can’t imagine “keeping going” at that sort of pace for years on end. Last week the Government confirmed that the normal minimum pension […]
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Happy 5th Birthday Pensions Freedoms
20
Jul
Jul
Can anyone remember when Pensions Freedom came in? Just me? Apparently not. The Financial Conduct Authority have just conducted an outcome review to see how pension providers have adapted to all the changes. This has been delayed because of the “awfulness” until February 2021. As a financial planner (and a […]
Blog, Financial Planning, Pensions, Personal Finance, Retirement, Tax, Wealth
Pension death benefits – right pension, right nomination, right now?
16
Jul
Jul
A reported surge* in people wanting to write or amend their wills at the start of COVID-19 (with some legal firms claiming a jump in demand of up to 76%), tells us that the pandemic has sharply focused peoples’ minds on making sure their affairs are in order and that […]
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Pensions in your twenties and thirties?!
26
Sep
Sep
As a thirty something (and hurtling towards the big 40) I often find myself thinking about retirement and what it’s going to look like. Not necessarily what I’ll be doing or the fact I’ll be finished work forever (yippee), I’m thinking about money, my pension, and will I have enough […]
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