Tag Archives: debt

Can MaPS be our national wealth service?

Posted on March 20, 2020 by

There were two very good comments on my blog on MAPS’ recent webinar. My thrust was that MAPS is not behaving as it should and that it should be acting as the financial arm of our NHS – with acute … Continue reading →

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Is MaPS creating a UK Financial Wellbeing Movement?

Posted on March 19, 2020 by

At this time of crisis , we need to be deploying our resources to meet the immediate needs of our customers and MaPS should be no different Continue reading →

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Houses are for living in – pensions are for life! An answer to financial economics.

Posted on August 17, 2018 by

“the river of private pensions in the UK will only get shallower as it widens out to include so many more of us”  – Steve Bee Steve’s metaphor is so precise, so visual and so elegantly conveyed that this quote … Continue reading →

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NEST needs you!

Posted on June 17, 2018 by

Interested in influencing how NEST works for members? News reaches me that the NEST Member Panel is recruiting and looking for hard working, conscientious , pension loving folk like us. You can apply for this position online up to and … Continue reading →

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Jealous of your parents? Screw their pension!

Posted on November 30, 2017 by

  The Government are to bundle up the outstanding student debt and sell it to pension and hedge funds. Simple message to kids, if you love your parents, pay your debt; if you want to screw them-don’t. Remember kids, your … Continue reading →

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Calm down – calm down! Pensions are in better shape than “they” think.

Posted on October 15, 2016 by

  Some weeks ago , Anthony Hilton, finance writer for the Evening Standard, used his common sense to question whether the deficit emerging at the Daily Mail Pension Trust (DMGT) was real. The pensioners he represented did not seem any more … Continue reading →

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NEST report and accounts; £400m and counting

Posted on July 15, 2015 by

The publication of NEST’s 2015 report and accounts yesterday has some good news and some not such good news. The good news is that nothing seriously went wrong last year, there are now some 14,000 employers using NEST for all … Continue reading →

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BRITAIN’S BIGGEST TABOOS: 20 MILLION PEOPLE STRESSED ABOUT FINANCES, YET TALKING ABOUT MONEY REMAINS OFF LIMITS

Posted on November 13, 2014 by

I don’t normally do press releases on here, I will make an exception here. People are embarrassed about money – when it’s their money they are talking about. The taboos about debt, wealth and financial planning are real and we need … Continue reading →

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WONGA – The context of the decision

Posted on October 3, 2014 by

  The decision of the FCA to enforce a section 166 order on Wonga demonstrates a new intent to get to grips with bad behaviour in the financial community which has got to be good news for us in pensions. … Continue reading →

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What payroll can do to keep away the loan sharks.

Posted on September 2, 2014 by

We all know the sharks that swim in financial waters preying on the weakest and driving them and their families into deeper debt with all the social and health problems that “deep debt” brings. And I’m sure that if it … Continue reading →

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