Kids stuff – what HR and Pension people can learn from Generation C
Driving home from cricket with Olly last night – we turned on the radio -“what’s that crazy music” I mumbled to myself “James Brown , Payback Dad – it’s 8 minutes long – do you want to buy it?” “How...
View ArticleTroy Shandell – sic transit gloria mundi
Shortly after 11am on 11th November 1961, I arrived into the world. I hadn’t done much for the Minute’s Silence and I haven’t done much for peace and quiet since. The week that I was born saw the...
View ArticleDigital accountability – a terrible beauty is born
An interesting comment from my mother “Jimmy Savile would not have got away with it today.” This from an 80 year old who observes the digital age with detached amusement but understands that the...
View ArticleIf it’s worth having- let’s have it now!
News travels fast on the web but the news that it’s taken the BBC 5 years to work out that a lot of the technology they’d blown £100m on is available today for free, clearly travelled slowly. If a...
View ArticleThe trusted word
For as long as I can remember, my parents have subscribed to Which? The subscription is important to them, they like to pay for their information and see their subs as a way to keep Which independent....
View ArticleI’ve just been (pension) geeked!
Yesterday, as you probably weren’t aware, was national pension awareness day. I tried to tell you in my Pension Play Pen weekly announcement but did you engage? I thought not September 15th was...
View ArticleBoom Bust Boom
I went to the Imax this week (great cinema) to see Boom Bust Boom. I was a guest of Cardano, the Dutch fiduciary manager and I had a good time. One thing I’ve learned about the meeja, is that if you...
View Article“A bit of a balls up- to be frank!”
If you turn left out of the back of the Treasury and walk down to Caxton Street you’ll find the offices of the DWP. If you turn right out of Caxton Street, you’ll come to the Treasury, it’s a five...
View ArticleTrial by twitter’s fine by me!
An IFA withdraws its transfer service complaining it’s the victim of “trial by twitter”. Accountability is something that falls hard on adviser’s shoulders. Because we are in the business of longer...
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