Monthly Archives: October 2011

Corporate wraps for the Sunny Uplands ?

Today I’m due to spend all day discovering what the corporate wrap has done for us. Currently I reckon I could sum it up in one word. NOTHING Of course it sounds better with a naughty word but that’ll do. … Continue reading

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Play Pen on Public Sector Pensions

Following robust debate over pie ale and an October Pimms, the 16 members of the Pension PlayPen split 8/8 on the motion  “the pensions paid to the public sector are unfair”. However there was a healthy majority of 13 to 3 that … Continue reading

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You can’t buy a sausage with a brick

Abe Bacchus, the guy who taught me to sell life insurance in 1984, used this great phrase when a  prospect objected to creating a “capital reservoir” for the future. Of course a geared investment into bricks and mortar over the … Continue reading

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Pension choices for smaller companies

Smaller companies– those with less than 50 employees are the beating heart of Britain’s economy. It is from among their number that the next Virgin or Tesco will come and though many of them will be toast in ten years … Continue reading

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