In our latest news, Family Matters are excited to announce that we are now sponsoring Newton Cricket Club seniors team, meaning you will now see our logo on the team’s shirts and a fab new hoarding at their ground. Even more exciting (for you!) is that we are now offering a 20% discount on all Family Matters services in association…
The unprecedented times we currently live in has resulted in a surge of demand for Will writing. Results suggest the increase being around 76% higher as people are determined to plan their future and finances. The news everyday gives numbers of people that have sadly died combined with people possibly having more time due to being at home has meant…
The latest family and household figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that the number of cohabiting couple families continues to grow. Between 2008 to 2019, there has been a 25.8% increase in families of this type. Cohabiting couple families are even growing faster than married couple and lone parent families. In 2018, there were 19.1 million…
Around 11,000 pensioners in receipt of the “adult dependants’ addition” will lose up to £70 a week from their state pension. Approximately 11,000 pensioners will see their state pension decline by up to £70 a week following benefit changes introduced a decade ago. Those affected currently receive the “adult dependants’ addition”, which was once payable to hundreds of thousands of…
Civil partnership or marriage? Mixed-sex couples now have the choice It’s now official – heterosexual couples in England and Wales can formalise their relationship with a civil partnership rather than marriage. Civil partnerships were first introduced through the Civil Partnerships Act 2004 and was only available to same-sex couples . As of the 31st of December 2019, mixed-sex couples have…
A couple and their associates are on trial for fraud and murder after allegations they had starved a man, in their care, to death and forged his Will to benefit from his £3.5 Million Estate. Wayne Rickard and his wife Lynda are currently on trial at Reading Crown Court for the murder of their landlord James Anthony Sootheran as well…
A Freedom of Information (FOI) has discovered that almost 2,000 pension advisers have given “potentially unsuitable advice on pensions transfers necessitating further enquiry”. The information follows reports last week that found financial advisers were ‘causing significant harm to consumers’ financial well-being’. Of the number of IFAs who advised clients on defined benefit transfers, between 2015 and 2018, it is almost…
