Parsonage Blog

The News often seems to affect stock market returns and the Brexit referendum on 23rd June is no different to that. There is certainly a lot of news on this topic, and quite right too; it is important. But are we missing a bigger picture? Perhaps. Let'…

The 2014 budget has given us some very useful surprises, but what do they mean for you? Read on if ‘retirement’ will be in the next 12 months for you, because this could make a big difference.

Pensions have seen very welcome changes for those who did …

Q: When is £121,665 the same as £127,628?

A: When the difference is £18, of course.

Okay. It’s rubbish as a joke or a maths question but I’ve been puzzled by this for some time now.

The question I’m grappling with is ‘Should your financial advice fe…

There is to be a new Governor of the Bank of England in July, Mr Mark Carney takes over. The face is not the only thing changing, he promises big changes to policy.

Mr Carney, the man headhunted by Chancellor George Osborne to kick-start the British e…

Skandia has now closed their Maximum Investment Plan (MIP) but if you already have a MIP you have the option to extend the policy.  This option allows you to extend the policy for a further 10 years at any time.  This means you keep the benefits of you…

If your family income is over 50K, then you stand to lose your Child Benefit starting next January but there are a few tricks that could allow you to regain the benefit and maybe do some good along the way.

Any parent with income of over £50,000 will …

One of the Budget announcements that has left me very puzzled has been the attack on saving policies.  Yes, the same sort of harmless savings policy that our parents used to use to save up for a windfall on our 21st birthday.  Normal, regular savings, …

Siri really works.

It’s great for my business and here’s my list of top 5 best things it does for me.

1 sending texts verbally is great when I’m on the move. Much quicker than navigating to the text function then to the right person and typing.

2 di…

I’m talking about pension contributions.

Those of us lucky enough to earn over £50,000 have just seen a reduction in the amount we can pay into our pensions.

That was part of a range of new measures, each measure will affect someone; If you have been…

Parsonage’s Flora Maudsley-Barton has been invited on the expert panel at the Manchester Central (G-MEX) Retirement Show on 19th & 20th March. We will also have a stand, come and visit us at E13 and we’ve made a fun guide to investing.

Parsonage are holding a tea party to raise funds for Marie Curie cancer care at the Spread Eagle in Lymm on the 26th of June between 2:30 and 4:30.  Please come along and support this great charity event.

Last week, my new company start-up was covered in the local press.  It’s very exciting to see that the journalist understood what I’m trying to build and she expressed it really well in her article.  Thanks are due to Eddie Mair, John Humphries and Joh…