Making way for living longer

Retirement is dead. Or at least the idea that retirement is an event which happens at 65 and after which you stop being active is dead. Instead, the baby boomer generation is leading the change for a new retirement with far greater ambitions than previous generations for their post-retirement lives. The shift in attitude among baby boomers towards their future has taken place alongside the fundamental change in the structure of the UK population. Life expectancy is increasing rapidly and it is predicted that by 2050 men could expect to live for a further 25 years and women 27 years once t...