With interest rates at rock bottom and inflation creeping up, many are turning increasingly to the stock market for higher returns. The next decision is harder: whether to handle your own investments or have a professional take care of them for you. On the one hand, you could become one of the many who presume …
Like most parents, Jo Bishop wants to be financially comfortable without compromising the amount of time she spends with her children. Ms Bishop, 47, currently works as a school administrator in Leicestershire. Her day usually finishes at 2.30pm, which allows her to spend her afternoons with her two daughters, Susie, nine, and Evie, seven. Before …
Like millions of others in their late 30s and 40s Steven Katzir Bullock has to juggle his own finances with saving for his children’s future and supporting his family now. A higher-rate taxpayer aged 38, he wants to pay off three mortgages – one on his home and two further mortgages on two buy-to-let properties …
David and Tracey Yeabsley are set on an early retirement. The couple, aged 52 and 51 respectively, want to stop working by the time they are 60. Mr Yeabsley’s job as a contractor in the financial services industry is demanding and involves being away from home for months at a time. His income varies: he …
For the past three-and-a-half years Heather Churchill has been enjoying the weather and a tax-free salary as an expat in Dubai. After serving with the RAF for 25 years she now works in the Middle Eastern city as an air navigation instructor. Ms Churchill, 46, is paid £95,000 a year – 30pc of which is …
Compared to the average 22 year old graduate, Jessica Manning – an engineering masters graduate from the University of Cambridge – is in a seriously strong financial position. Her graduate job in management consultancy pays over 50pc more than a typical graduate starting salary, and as she lives at home with her parents for free, …
