In days gone by, life was relatively simple. You left school or university, you found a job and barring moving away or your employer going bust you stayed with that employer until you retired.  Today, and especially after the pandemic, that situation has changed significantly. Employees want flexibility, they want the ability to work from...Read More

You may have seen the film The Social Network. In the film, Jesse Eisenberg, playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is musing on wealth. “A million dollars?” he says, and shrugs. “But a billion dollars… that would be cool.”  The film was released in 2010. Eleven years on the scriptwriters may need to add three more...Read More

In 1996 England went out of the Euros on penalties. The man who missed the crucial penalty was Gareth Southgate, now the England manager.  Speaking about the miss recently he said, “I’ve had a couple of decades to think about it. I was a volunteer. The type of character I was, I felt you should...Read More

We are incredibly proud to publish that our very own Alice Baker has been shortlisted from over 2000 nominations in the 2021 Women in PA Financial Advice Awards. Announced on the 2nd August Alice is a Finalist for the title of Financial Adviser of the year for the North East region. The Women in Financial...Read More

With the so-called ‘Freedom Day’ now a thing of the past, we’re looking forward positively. Yes, there may well be further lockdowns in the future. But for now let us push those worries to one side, and look at some winners and losers from the 15 months of varying degrees of lockdown that are –...Read More

“Only two things in life are certain,” as the old saying goes: “Death and taxes.”  But of late it seems that taxes could be replaced by something else: headlines about Amazon (and other tech giants) not paying enough tax. Every year it seems to be the same: the companies make millions – if not billions...Read More