Chris Collinson-RetireEasy I am sure we have all heard the current expression “the wettest drought on record”. Certainly in the Midlands British Waterways have temporarily lifted some of the restrications as we, apparently, have “too much water in the canals”!

Mark Soper – RetireEasy We learnt last week that the Pensions Regulator is relaxing the accounting rules for Company Pension Schemes to help them through the economic downturn. The Regulator blamed much of the crisis on low gilt yields which have been directly depressed as a result of the Government’s quantitative easing (QE) programme. The […]

Mark Soper – RetireEasy As the UK officially enters a double-dip recession what actions can retirees take to help mitigate the financial impact? Firstly, we recommend that you thoroughly review where you spend your money. Check out if you can save on your utility, phone and broadband tariffs, bargain hunt for food, clothes, birthday gifts […]

Mark Soper – RetireEasy The Retireeasy LifePlan is truly unique and original and we are delighted that Which? Money has reviewed it and liked it and this follows great accolades from Investors Chronicle.  A few copy-cats are moving in so we would just like all our users and friends out there to know that there […]

Mark Soper – RetireEasy Following a report to the FSA by PWC, the City regulator is set to instruct pension providers to reduce their projection rates.

Mark Soper – RetireEasy It was announced today that the Government’s CPI measure of inflation increased by 3.5% in March, approaching double the Bank of England’s target of 2.0%. Food and clothes were cited as the main culprits, so bad news for retirees.

Richard Collinson – RetireEasy What would you consider to be a reasonable growth rate for you Pension Plan (that’s Yield + the increase in share prices) for a reasonably conservative and well spread portfolio, over the long term.

Pensioners will receive a boost to their retirement income from today as a significant increase to the State Pension kicks-in. A single pensioner will receive an increase of £5.30 per week and pensioner couples will receive an increase of £8.50 per week. These increases will be very welcome following the recent steep increases in fuel […]

Mark Soper-RetireEasy The new tax year officially commenced on Good Friday and the ISA allowances increased on the same day.

Chris Collinson – RetireEasy One of the lesser known effects of the lack of rainfall in England is the shortage of water on the inland waterways. This has resulted in very low levels of water in the reservoirs that feed the canals. These reservoirs were very low at the end of last summer and things […]