Your retirement allows you to enjoy your twilight years, but it’s important to begin retirement planning as early as possible to ensure you make the most of it. A Retirement Plan is key to ensuring you’re financially comfortable. During your retirement years, your main source of income is your pension, so you should consider how
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Inheritance planning is incredibly important to ensure your assets – your property, possessions and money – are shared out how you would like amongst your loved ones when you pass away. Writing a Will should be included in your inheritance planning; it enables you to specify how your earthly possessions should be distributed upon
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Christmas is a joyous and celebratory occasion, but it can also be an incredibly difficult time for those who have lost a loved one. Remembering a loved one at Christmas can help keep them close by and in your thoughts. There are many ways of remembering a loved one at Christmas, whether you lost them
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Writing a Will is essential to ensuring that your assets – your property, possessions and money – are distributed in the manner you wish after you have passed away. As a legal document, your will is binding and serves to remove any ambiguity of how you want your possessions to be shared amongst your family
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It’s never too early to start thinking about how you’ll fund your retirement and later life. With life expectancy at an all-time high, more of us are living long into our twilight years, meaning our finances have to stretch further. Careful later life financial planning will help ensure you’re financially comfortable for the rest of
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What’s on your bucket list of things to do before 50? Maybe you’d like to try sky diving, learn to ballroom dance or simply do some charity work before you hit this significant landmark in life. But nestled amongst these enjoyable and entertaining things to do before 50 should be some necessary tasks, like writing
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Getting affairs in order before death can be a cathartic process, and can help you ensure that you are prepared emotionally, physically and financially. It can also give you – and your family – peace of mind that everything is taken care of in advance. So, what does getting affairs in order before death look
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When planning end of life, you should consider the practical and pragmatic things that could help ease the burden on your loved ones during the latter stages of your life. This might include ensuring your affairs are in order, writing a Will, planning your own funeral, or specifying any end of life care you may
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State funerals are public funeral ceremonies for people of national significance. In the UK this is typically the monarch, but there has been the odd occasion where other figures have been honoured, namely Winston Churchill. State funerals are full of ceremony and tradition and are typically religious in nature. State funerals should not be confused
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What are themed funerals? Funerals are no longer one-size-fits-all occasions; they are increasingly becoming tailored and personalised celebrations that reflect the individual and their unique qualities. Personalised funerals tend to be more joyful in nature than traditional funerals, and bring together family and friends to celebrate and remember the life of a loved one. Such
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