Opinion

A relative of mine recently recarpeted her hallway. She's a single mum so funds are tight, and she asked a friend in the trade how much it might cost. He looked at the hallway and suggested it should be no more than £500.

I had an interesting reality check over the New Year as I had a look at a very different economic culture through a late holiday to Cuba with a couple of friends.

Ok, so let's get this bit out of the way first - those Australians certainly showed us a thing or two about how to play cricket in the recent Ashes series. In some areas, Australian supremacy is not in doubt.

It's not even at the end of January yet, and instead of easing us back into things at a nice easy pace the government is cracking the whip on pensions.

The holiday season has passed and fitness fever has gripped the nation once again. Most daily newspapers are full of reviews of the latest celebrity fitness videos.

At last year's Cover Forum, the majority of delegates argued that something needed to be done to improve the reputation of the protection industry. This is nothing new however, as in previous years industry experts have pointed out that highlighting the...

Out with the old and in with the new. I love New Year. New Year's Eve parties are always great and wonderfully round off a two-week break over Christmas. A fresh start is always good, personally and professionally. Even the office gets a spring clean...

Some of the comments I've been hearing in response to the government's plan to offer free financial advice to every UK adult within the next five years have been really shocking.

My last three blogs considered newsletters, web analytics and the use of contract enquiry systems. Although seemingly unrelated, all of these focus on the management of information relating to your clients. To review any of these articles, simply type...

I have been reading the excellent article by Martin Bamford about the expected blue water between financial salespeople and true advisers which are thought provoking. In addition, Phil Calvert documents the power that the internet can hold in the successful...