I do not think I have stopped smiling since Friday night. Why, you might wonder? Along with 55,153 others, I was at the City of Manchester stadium watching Take That.

A photocopier is a dull necessity in offices across the globe but in our office last week its presence became more than just a little significant.

There is no such thing as customer loyalty where car insurance is concerned as I indeed found out to my utter disappointment this week.

I was with some friends yesterday and we were discussing the week ahead. I mentioned that my first job of the week would be to write the blog. Over a bottle of wine and in between refereeing the ongoing sword fight between our little ones, we talked about the weekend’s football results.

There is a new movement within the financial services industry which is currently gathering momentum. Come to the fore “Passive investing.” In basic terms, passive investing is tracking some form of index (there are thousands to choose from). The momentum behind passives has primarily come from the emergence of ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds). I will [...]

Bridget Jones lead character of Bridget Jones Diary fame would deride her smug married friends while quietly wishing she had the safety and security of her own husband.

Spring has sprung and summer looks like it might just be round the corner. The light evenings and warm sunny days are wonderful. I for one feel a much greater sense of freedom when the sun shines and when it’s still light enough after work to spend time outdoors. It seems like those extra hours [...]

It is now three weeks since George Osborne presented his second Budget to Parliament. Given the fragile state of the economy and the desire to bring the budget deficit under control, it was unlikely that we would get a giveaway Budget and this proved to be the case.

From 6 April 2011 the pension annual allowance will be reduced from 255,000 to 50,000 which is fairly easy to comprehend when dealing with defined contribution pension schemes.

I was disappointed to read yesterday that the illegal selling of tickets for the Olympics has already started, with claims that tickets are being sold at an inflated five times their value.