Making the most of retirement

If you ask today's retirees what they expect from their retirement you will get a variety of responses. People will want to travel, spend more time with grandchildren or even study for further qualifications. Such pursuits are a far cry from the traditional perception of retirement as the time when you put your feet up in front of the fire and relax. People are living longer than ever before and they want to make the most of their retirement years. Such views are borne out in recent research commissioned by Standard Life entitled the Death of Retirement (p8-9). If anything the research de...