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At Pension Times, we aim to be a one-stop resource for over 50's in the UK. We'll try to bring you information about everything you need to know as you get older. Here at Pension Times, we recognize that people are staying active for longer.
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DWP facing pensions fiasco questions and more of this week’s finance news ..read more
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Nearly £11,000 a year needed to retire according to experts and more of this week’s finance news ..read more
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The perceived wisdom is that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. But this statement is not true for dogs, and it certainly isn’t true for humans.
There are many misconceptions about ageing, metabolism, and the ability to build and maintain muscle. The idea is that you should "grow old gracefully" and accept the inevitable.
Well, screw that! Not only is that belief fundamentally wrong, but it feeds into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once you believe that you can’t do something, you are less likely to bother attempting it. In this case, you would end up losing muscle and seeing your met ..read more
Pension Times
3y ago
Guidance around saving for retirement is among the most common advice sought from financial advisors. However, an exhaustive study by the People’s Pension found many older savers have not taken the advice received to heart. The in-depth research, which included interviews with sample groups conducted since 2015, showed many savers seemed to be sleepwalking into retirement. Many people are not planning adequately or saving enough money. When they finally opt to open pension plans, they are also making bad investment choices. We can sum up the main points of the study with three fundamental prob ..read more
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3y ago
At the weekend, ten mass vaccination hubs opened across England to support the seven already in use as the government aims to vaccinate 15 million adults by 15th February.
Those who have received the first dose of the vaccine rose to 3.8 million - over half of over-80s have now received the vaccine with an astonishing 140 jabs being given per minute at peak hours.
Whilst the programme will begin to roll out to other priority groups soon, the Department for Health and Social Care has made it clear that those in the top two priority groups - the over-80s, front-line workers and care ..read more