HL analysis shows how much price rises this April could impact your finances. Here’s how much you’ll need to save or earn to help make ends meet “April is going to be every bit as awful as you’d expect this year, with the usual range of price rises squeezing our budgets even harder,” says Sarah […]

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has painted a grim picture of the nation’s public finances in her speech this week, axing spending pledges made by the former government that weren’t already funded. That’s according to Sarah Coles, head of personal finance, Hargreaves Lansdown who says Reeves has “also set the scene for hard choices […]

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A personal finance expert highlights some alarming trends when it comes to money and marriage. Are you in a position to preserve financial security for not just yourself but your loved ones and children? Whether you’re in a marriage, partnership or long-term relationship if you co-own or think you co-own assets, you are probably overdue […]

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The self-employed, single parents and renters are seeing their retirement savings slide, according to a new report. The Freelance Informer shares ways you can keep your head above water and still save for retirement Some headline stats. Where do you fit in? Source: Data taken from HL Savings and Resilience Barometer, July 2023 The cost […]

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SPECIAL REPORT Contractor specialists and even some Tory MPs are calling for more government support when it comes to encouraging people into self-employment to make ends meet and boost the economy Personal finance and property experts expect the Bank of England to raise interest rates yet again. Despite wage increases in certain sectors, the majority […]

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Freelancers should prepare for more bad news to hit the economy later this year. The good news is, there are actions freelancers can take now to get ahead The latest employment and wage figures from the ONS could spark the Bank of England to raise interest rates again in an effort to bring down consumer […]

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You build a life with someone and for one reason or another, you don’t get married. Maybe it was due to the COVID lockdown, the cost of a living crisis or you didn’t think you needed to go through the legal stuff to share a life together. These are all valid rationalisations for not getting […]

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On average, mortgages cost £663 a month, with 16% of people paying over £1,000*. A Millennial buying the average house at the age of 30 today, with a 10% deposit, and a 6.07% mortgage would have a monthly payment of £1,706. Only 4% of homeowners pay this much*. Millennial homeowners tend to be geriatric millennials […]

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SPECIAL REPORT HL Savings & Resilience Barometer July 2022 showed just how much parents are struggling to make ends meet. Where can they get a break? Parents are less likely to have enough cash left over at the end of the month than non-parents (54% of parental couples vs 66% of couples with no children), […]

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Half of estate agents in the UK are saying average selling prices are no longer coming in above-asking prices for properties worth up to £500,000, according to the latest UK Residential Market Survey (rics.org). Freelancers would be wise then to put their negotiating skills to work to boost their chances of getting their dream property […]

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