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In brief

Our In Brief section keeps you up-to-date with recent events that are of particular interest to the Retirement Revenue community.  Snippets of news gathered from a variety of sources, the latest savings information or data on investments.  Perhaps a new idea for making a second income or just an amusing article.

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Tracing a Pension
Tracing a Pension Did you know that the government run a special service to help you trace pension schemes that you might have had an interest in, but have forgotten the contact details?   This In Brief article gives you all the information you need.

Betting
Betting Betting (or any other form of gambling) is not something that we would normally recommend as an additional source of income during your retirement.   Statistically it is unreliable; can be expensive; might become addictive and could wipe-out your pension.  Not a good idea.  However.......

Best Savings Rate
Best Savings Rate At the time of writing the best headline savings rate available to the public comes from the AA.  They are offering 5% for a five-year bond.  They are followed by a five-year cash ISA from Northern Rock paying 4.5%.  But that''s not the whole story if you''re a tax payer.......

Simple profits
Simple profits

Here’s a great way to make a modest extra income each week that can be run by anyone working from home whenever they feel so inclined.

It’s very simple, doesn’t take up much time, can be easily run from home and requires very little capital.  Too good to be true?  Read on.

Annuity Basics
Annuity Basics We’ve talked about annuities before on this website, but according to the Association of British Insurers only 23% of those people approaching retirement actually understand what an annuity is.  So we thought it might be an idea to go through the basics as it’s so important to understand annuities before you actually retire.

ISA Time Again
ISA Time Again
The current financial year comes to an end on April 5th and so if you have not yet topped up your ISA (Individual Savings Account) then now is the time to do it.  You can save up to £10,200 this year, completely tax-free.  It is therefore surprising that people capable of saving this amount fail to take advantage of the scheme.

Online Jobs Working From Home
Online Jobs Working From Home Many of us feel that we don''t really want an office job or the routine of having to actually go out to work every day.  However, our pensions aren''t stretching quite as far as they used to and so it would be very helpful if we could find a job working from home on a part-time basis, just to supplement our pensions a bit.  Read on to find an answer.

Investing for Retirement
Investing for Retirement
Retirement may be a long way off for you – or it might be right around the corner. No matter how near or far it is, you’ve absolutely got to start saving for it now.

Enhanced Life Annuities
Enhanced Life Annuities If you''re a smoker or overweight (or both), there isn''t a lot of good news around.  However, the normal doom and gloom of negative health issues can actually help you to get a better income from an annuity.

8 Tips for Investing in Wine
8 Tips for Investing in Wine Good claret appreciates in value and investing in wine is much more interesting (and arguably less risky) than investing in shares.  Here are some really good tips for wine investment.
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