A recent survey conducted by Shepherds Friendly revealed that Britain is facing a significant challenge in terms of financial literacy among its population. Financial literacy, in this context, refers to the understanding and knowledge of basic finan…
The Chancellor presented a ‘back to work’ budget focused on encouraging the economically inactive population to return to work with major changes to pensions and childcare funding announced. Fortunately, the economic outlook is not as dire as predict…
Given the news this week, we wanted to take this opportunity to provide all our clients with a special update on market and economic events and outline how we can help navigate through these turbulent times. This week has seen financial markets and e…
Financial scams are on the rise but new research commissioned by Unbiased reveals that pensioners may be more scam savvy than teenagers. In fact 66% of teens and young people have admitted to falling for scams, as opposed to 25% of those aged over 60…
Brits are putting retirement plans on hold and many are worried that they will be financially stretched due to the rising cost of living, according to a recent survey. According to the Unbiased survey, three quarters of those aged 50 and over are wor…
Rishi Sunak delivered his second Budget yesterday. Set against a backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit, the Chancellor set out a ‘spend now, tax later’ set of proposals. With the economy suffering one of the biggest shocks in a century and sit…
Yesterday saw the Chancellor, Philip Hammond deliver the Budget for 2018. This was the first time since 1962 that the Budget had taken place on a Monday and also the last before we expect to leave the EU in March next year. In this article, we cut th…
We’re really excited to be able to formally open NorthStar today. It’s taken almost 2 years of research, planning, preparation and testing to get here, but here we are. We’re really delighted to be able to offer a fresh take on financial planning and thi…
NorthStar is proud to be a member of the leading financial planning trade associations. Through a continued commitment to work to the highest professional standards and deliver real value to all clients, our work has been rewarded with a number of awards and professional accreditations.
