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The team at GEM & Co is delighted to announce that we scooped the award for ‘The Extra Mile’ category at the Merton Best Business Awards hosted by the Merton Chamber of Commerce. The awards are designed to showcase the talents and services that Merton’s best businesses have to offer and we were up against tough
Read moreAlmost a third (30%) of students currently attending university will move back in with their parents after they have completed their studies, HSBC research shows. For those starting university this year, almost half (49%) expect to live with their parents. Of those who intend to live at home, 78% said it was in order to
Read moreOnly a quarter (24%) of adults in the UK with children under 16 have any form of financial protection, a significant drop from 31% in 2013, according to the latest research from the Scottish Widows Protection Report. With over half (54%) of this group admitting that their savings would last just a couple of months if they were
Read moreHalf of UK employees on lower incomes and half of those aged 30-49 are now saving adequately for retirement, according to the latest Scottish Widows Workplace Pensions Report, showing the impact of automatic enrolment on the groups that need it most. As the legislation approaches its second anniversary, the annual report from Scottish Widows finds
Read moreThroughout the summer this bulletin has been focused on events in the Ukraine, now we have an admittedly uneasy truce in the region and the focus of the world’s discontent has moved elsewhere. At time of writing, pro-democracy protesters are occupying the streets of Hong Kong and a coalition of 40 countries is in the
Read moreNot since I started in finance 15 years ago has there been so much good news for pensions and what it means to you! It has only been just over six months since the announcement that the need to buy an annuity was being removed and that you would be able to take as much
Read moreSometimes we focus so hard on something we think is important, we become oblivious to significant events right under our noses. This is the idea behind The Invisible Gorilla, a book based on a series of experiments by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. The centrepiece of their work is a short film in which two teams
Read moreWe are delighted to be shortlisted as finalists in ‘The Extra Mile’ category at this year’s Merton Best Business Awards. The Extra Mile category recognizes successful businesses in Merton who are also able to demonstrate how they ‘go the extra mile’ by giving something back to the community. We explained how helping the local community
Read moreGEM & Co Financial Services LLP is proud to carry the double-circle Accredited Financial Planning Firm mark after being recently accredited by the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP), the professional body for Financial Planning in the UK. What does that mean for you? In short, it means that having successfully undergone the IFP’s rigorous accreditation
Read moreBritons are turning their backs on the big white wedding in favour of getting onto the property ladder, according to research by HSBC. Over a quarter (28%) of those aged between 18 and 34 would spend a £20,000 gift from their parents on a deposit for a house. Three out of five young Brits (60%)
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