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Don’t let new tax year allowances go to waste
The budget came as a relief to many of us who were convinced that the Chancellor was going to impose dramatic tax increases. But in…
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Can you cash in a pension from an old employer?
There was a time when the average worker left school, joined an employer and worked his or her way up. When retirement time came round,…
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Will your state pension come as a nasty shock?
Most of us are aware that the state pension is unlikely to be generous enough to live on comfortably in our retirement. However, as part…
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Will the taxman take your life insurance pay out?
At Continuum we are looking at the cost of inheritance tax, or IHT and at ways to avoid the taxman being the biggest beneficiary of…
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Planning retirement as a couple
At Continuum we are looking at the special challenges facing mixed age couples when one may be due to retire – but the other is…
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What is early retirement, and can you take it?
It used to be that most of us had very little choice about when we retired. But we are all living longer, and the rules…
