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Not a great game but the right result after 40 days of heat!
We won’t remember last night for Messi or Argentina. They only came to life after finding themselves behind but this time they were against a team that got its tactics right. We will remember the 6-4 win over France as … Continue reading
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Tagged Claret Jug, Commonwealth, England, open, Ryan Fox, Spain, World Cup
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Are England on the world’s football podium?
Put aside the gender issues (our ladies rival Spain and the USA for women’s bragging rights) we are now in the last four nations in the world cup. This quote from Betfair , the morning after the night/morning before has … Continue reading
“Focused, faster and more frequent” – tPR unmasks “Friendly” Pensions.
When the Pensions Regulator launched its corporate plan in April of last year, I wasn’t the only person to be a little sceptical. “Intervening more frequently and acting quicker?” – the proof is in the pudding and the pudding had … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged Friendly Pensions, pensions, scams, Spain, The Pensions Regulator, TPR
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Restoring victim’s confidence in pensions
The confidence I have in pensions is because I know the people who are at the helm give a damn. I am lucky, I can bump into them in all kinds of ways. It is easy for me to say … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, annuity, pensions
Tagged ARK, Cape Verde, dubai, Lesley Titcomb, Malta, pensions, scams, Spain
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When someone takes you over – stealing your e-mail identity
At 7.50 yesterday I logged onto my Gmail account in Leeds to find a message saying I’d changed my password twenty minutes before. Twenty minutes later I got a call from a friend in Australia that I’d asked him for money to … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, customer service, social media
Tagged Australia, Facebook, Google, Identity theft, Mail, Password, Security, Spain
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You don’t make friends with salad
Now we know- I was right, my Mum was wrong and angry organomums at Sainsburys are terrorists. Continue reading
Hotel Demented ; The Pensioner Playpen
Following my visit to Hotel Stupid earlier in the month, I am now reporting from Hotel Demented ; aka Jardines de Nivaria – Tenerife. If Gordon and William want to know what happened to all that tax free cash from UK pensions, they … Continue reading
Those lazy Latinos- they’re all bigots
Those lazy Latinos- they’re all bigots Continue reading