It has been widely documented that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant backlog in elective surgery and specialist lead care that may well take years to resolve. The NHS will of course continue to prioritise life-saving care but the harsh rea …

Scams are becoming more sophisticated all the time and if your mind is on other concerns it’s easy to act in the moment. Many fraud campaigns rely on the victim feeling pressured, frightened or shocked to distract them from their usual rational thought …

Since I became a Financial Planner I have often pondered, especially in the early days when I would often be the only woman in a sea of men, why there were not more women in financial services. People often assumed I was a PA, not the owner of my own c …

The Budget delivered on 3rd March is just about the best we are going to get during the pandemic crisis. Fighting the pandemic has led to record levels of borrowing – an eye-watering £270bn which will need to be paid back – but with millions out of wor …

Most people are wrong about the things that will make them happy, according to Professor Paul Dolan, author of Happiness by Design, who says it’s actually quite simple. According to happiness expert Professor Dolan, smaking simple changes are the key t …

Although the end of the crisis is potentially now in sight, the path to recovery may well still be bumpy over the coming quarters as governments grapple to control the virus. Seasonal factors make this more difficult through the winter. The three annou …