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Why is financial planning a secret?

And what could this mean for you - and your loved ones?

14th January 2025 Why is this a secret. Shocked. Paul Claireaux

Why is financial planning a secret?

And what could this mean for you - and your loved ones?

14th January 2025

This is the first of three Insights in which we’ll reveal the biggest secret in personal finance – how to design a great financial plan. Later in this series, we’ll outline the (widely agreed) financial planning process in seven (A.W.E.S.O.M.E.) steps that you can use regardless of your age, income, wealth or wherever you live…

Why confident people on the stage

might not be best qualified to be your sage

12th October 2020 Who's that on the stage. Paul Claireaux

Why confident people on the stage

might not be best qualified to be your sage

12th October 2020

If you’re interested in personal development, you’ve probably been to a few seminars and seen a few confident gurus, standing on a stage, selling their ideas. The question is, have you managed to work out which (if any) of these people (or more importantly, their ideas) are really worth following?

Can you help (spread betting) Joe?

Or any of your friends from getting sucked into this hideous gambling activity?

12th October 2020 Joe and Naomi

Can you help (spread betting) Joe?

Or any of your friends from getting sucked into this hideous gambling activity?

12th October 2020

Updated following the tragic recent death of ‘day trader’ Alex Kearns. This Insight is aimed at helping anyone (like my fictional character Joe, in the story below) to understand the real and horrendous risks of spread betting before it’s too late. Please share with your friends.

How to manage your workers for success

and have great relationships too

12th October 2020 Elements of people management

How to manage your workers for success

and have great relationships too

12th October 2020

If you lead or manage others, you know how hard it can be to get everything right, about this people management game right, all of the time. And, if you’re already working flat out, to develop and run your own business, the challenge can be simply overwhelming. So, in this Insight, we look at how…

How to prevent arguments about money

and minimise the need to talk about money at all.

19th March 2020 Angry with my partner

How to prevent arguments about money

and minimise the need to talk about money at all.

19th March 2020

If you have arguments about money with your partner – or you sense an argument is brewing – this Insight is for you. You might also find this Insight useful even if ‘money is no problem’ in your home, currently, or to share it to help others.

How safe is YOUR money in the bank?

And how you can make it safer

14th September 2017 Bank queue

How safe is YOUR money in the bank?

And how you can make it safer

14th September 2017

So, how safe is your money in the bank? Ten years ago, this week, there were queues of people outside branches of Northern Rock Bank. People who were desperate to get their money out because they feared that the bank was insolvent.

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