Tag Archives: retirement savings

The key to saving savings – guest blog from Tom Hibbard

Posted on July 15, 2016 by henry tapper

    Has the key to the UK’s retirement savings challenge been in front of us for the last decade? An insight into behavioural economics may prove both informative and significant.   Auto-enrolment is now well under way in the … Continue reading →

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If that’s all there is my friends – well let’s keep working!

Posted on July 23, 2015 by henry tapper

The numbers are out , extracted by the tenacious Josephine Cumbo @henryhtapper @citizensadvice @tpas Only 18,000 TPAS/CAB appointments. 925000 people checked out Pension Wise online. — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) July 22, 2015 Jo and I probably share differing levels of … Continue reading →

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This scaremongering on auto-enrolment has to stop!

Posted on July 19, 2015 by henry tapper

Scaremongering Scaremongering sells newspapers and we love to be afraid. It is easy to write stories that play on our fears, because they are the ones we want to read. But that doesn’t make scaremongering alright, just as it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Lassitude or laxitude – 100 days of pension freedoms

Posted on July 15, 2015 by henry tapper

“Lassitude” or “Laxitude” – what’s your judgement on how we’re carrying on? Or is this all just fine? Lassitude is a “proper” word that describes a lazy behaviour resulting from world weariness, laxitude is a made up word that describes … Continue reading →

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When the dust settles…

Posted on July 9, 2015 by henry tapper

For the second time in two years, George Osborne has produced a budget that will radically change the way we thing about retirement saving. If 2014 was the year we re-thought the way we spent our retirement spending, 2015 asks … Continue reading →

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Dear Government- “Five do’s, five don’ts” – #pensions

Posted on May 4, 2015 by henry tapper

For those slipping quietly into retirement in the UK the political promises are about the revaluation of your state benefits, the payment of your winter allowance and the tax treatment of your savings and income. Whatever you have done or not … Continue reading →

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