If you want to ensure that all you own continues to benefit the people that you love and the charities that you support, it is essential to make a will. Making a will need not be complicated. To help you get started we have created ‘Five questions to ask yourself before you make a will’. This article…
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January 18, 2019
January 10, 2019
The hot tip for winning a hat full of trophies at this year’s film awards is The Favourite, starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz in the leading roles. Olivia Colman, in the role of Queen Anne, recently picked up the award for Best Actress at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles, and the…
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January 9, 2019
Spotting trends and predicting what will happen to house prices is always a popular feature of the property pages at this time of year. London prices may have shown a downturn over the last 12 months, with the Office for National Statistics reporting a drop of 1.7% for 2018, but property prices in our local…
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December 20, 2018
Every year we host a Christmas Quiz to raise funds for a local charity. This year we raised £1074 for Camphill Village Trust an amazing charity which supports adults with learning disabilities and mental health problems. The video is a sample of questions from our Christmas themed Quiz. Do you know the answers? Why not…
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December 11, 2018
At each New Year many of us take stock and think about how we can improve our lives. Work colleagues, friends, and family will make a New Year resolution to stop smoking, eat more healthily, or join a gym. But for anyone caught up in a difficult relationship, separation from their partner can be high…
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December 1, 2018
Roy Wood and his band mates in Wizzard may have wished it could be Christmas every day, but for most of us once a year is enough. Christmas Day itself only lasts for 24 hours, but these days the Christmas period seems to get longer every year, allowing ever more time for present shopping, as…
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November 23, 2018
Couples who marry despite the wide gap in their ages are often featured in newspapers and celebrity magazines. Think of Michael Douglas and Catharine Zeta-Jones (age gap 25 years), or Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster (26 years). And it could be argued that in politics such a wide age gap between spouses has a positive…
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November 21, 2018
VAWG might not be the most well-known acronym, but what it represents is one of the most widespread and damaging human rights violations seen around the world. VAWG stands for Violence against Women and Girls, and the United Nations designates November 25th each year as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to…
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November 19, 2018
It can be no coincidence that large numbers of professional business owners choose to invest their private pensions in commercial property, very often in the premises from which they carry out their business. The funds come from their privately-held SIPP (Self-invested Personal Pension) or SASS (Small Self-Administered Scheme), with the main attractions for the investor…
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November 13, 2018
Increases in stamp duty, changes to mortgage tax relief, and stricter regulations have all lead to a significant slowdown in the residential buy-to-let market. With Brexit looming and the financial turmoil it may bring, should those with money to invest turn their attention to the commercial market instead? Here are seven reasons to invest in…
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