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Tag Archives: England
Allardyce- a fan’s eye’s view.
“Money corrupts and wads corrupt absolutely” – anonymous football fan – last night. I heard about Sam Allardyce’s departure from the England Manager’s job while watching Cambridge United beat Yeovil Town in a Tuesday night league 2 fixture at … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Yeovil Town
Tagged Cambridge United, Corruption, England, FA, football, governance, Money, Sam Allardyce, yeovil town fc
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Dele makes me proud to be English!
What better way to celebrate being English than through the performance of our three major national teams. Over the past ten days, I have watched English sides win the Grand Slam at the six nations rugby, qualify for the … Continue reading
Posted in football, Henry Tapper blog
Tagged dele Allie, Denise, England, football, MK Dons
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The tone from the top
Take a close look at the photo above, it’s taken from a Morningstar conference yesterday. The gentleman on the left is asking the question, the women on the right are listening and the gents on the right – well – they’re … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, DWP, England, Financial services, MAS, Money Advice Service, NAPF, Pension Wise, pensions, Retirement, social media, TPAS, TPR
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E-Christmas Cards – a very rum idea if you ask me.
What do you do with e-christmas cards? They bother me. “E-Christmas card” is a misnoma, most of these e-thingies seem the product of the thought police who de-risk corporate communications. “Merry” is of course out – a whiff of intoxication … Continue reading
“Since I was young, I followed them, #ytfc – the team for me”
I’ve got to admit it – “When I was young, I followed AFC Bournemouth”, so I don’t sing the song in the title of this blog. The first time I heard it sung was when Derby did us 3-2 in the … Continue reading
Posted in Yeovil Town
Tagged accrington Stanley, England, FA Cup, football, social media, Yeovil, Yeovil Town, YTFC
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Young People and Pensions
This is a blog by Vivi Friedgut of @blackbullion; she is also responsible for the picture and its contents! Pensions don’t make for the most thrilling conversations. Like verrucas, funerals or the dream you had last night, talking about … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, NEST, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Blackbullion, Business, dc pensions, England, Human Resources, Pension Poverty, pensions, recession, Saving, unemployment, Vivi, Young People
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A tale of two Cities
Have you ever turned up at a place and realised you shouldn’t be there – but stayed anyway just to see what it was like? That’s what happened to me yesterday. I went to an event about … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Blogging, London, Treasury, welfare
Tagged Bankers, Banking, Boris Johnson, Business, City of London, Employment, England, Eversheds, London, Mark Boleat, Poverty, Will Hutton
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The Pension Play Pen Linked In Group
Last week the Pension Play Pen Linked In Group passed 5000 members. The Group was set up in October 2009 as a way of bringing together people I knew in the industry around an idea … Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Business, England, Financial services, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, social media
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Why there is nothing- nothing- like the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival
On Tuesday March 11th, 45 members of the Pension PlayPen group will embark a London Double Decker bus at Paddington, drink and sing our way to Prestbury Park on the northern outskirts of Cheltenham and spend an afternoon in the … Continue reading
Posted in cheltenham festival, Horse racing
Tagged Champion Hurdle, Champions Day, Cheltenham, England, London, national hunt, pension playpen, Tony McCoy
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The best moment of the season (so far) #YTFC 1 #DRFC 0
Yeovil Town FC – we’re the Green Army Continue reading
Posted in flood, football, Yeovil Town
Tagged England, Gary Johnson, Green Army, twitter, Yeovil, Yeovil Saturday, Yeovil Town, Yeovil Town F.C., Yeovil True
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