For many families, Christmas is the most wonderful (and most expensive) time of the year. Between presents, food, decorations, travel, and entertainment, the costs pile up faster than snow on Christmas morning. But just how much does the average Brit…
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Welcome to the NorthStar Blog. The place for the latest news, information and opinion from the NorthStar team helping you stay on top of what's going on in the world of finance.Ten Timeless Financial Lessons from Classic Christmas Stories
The festive season is brimming with beloved Christmas stories, carols, and folklore that warm our hearts and spark nostalgia. But beyond the festive cheer, these tales offer surprisingly valuable lessons about financial planning. Whether it’s learnin…
Scrooge’s Christmas Pension Plan
Herein lies a tale in which a youthful gentleman of casual bearing has an unsettling encounter with an irascible festive spirit, which in its wisdom enlightens the young fellow with useful and practical pension advice. Sitting comfortably? Then let us beg…
Wisdom from Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come
As Ebenezer Scrooge once observed, the festive season can be expensive. Enjoy good cheer all year round with our wisdom from Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come. Scrooge is probably the most famous of all Charles Dickens’s creations. He’s also…
Dear Santa, for My Retirement I’d Like…
The little ones have Father Christmas. What do we have? We make lists of what we’d like to do when we retire – but the only person who’ll deliver those gifts is us. Better start your tax wrapping now. Being retired is a bit like being a kid again – y
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