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Recently, our non-executive director Keith Thompson met up with one of our valued clients for a drink and a chat. Sadly, this client’s wife is seriously ill but, despite his challenging circumstances, he had a positive outlook. He said: “I’m lucky Keith. I have good support from family and friends, and I don’t have to […]
Category: Financial Planning, Lifestyle
2024 is right around the corner, and this can be the perfect time to think about some goals, ambitions, and resolutions for the year ahead. While healthy habits and new skills tend to be the more common choices for new year changes, financial resolutions should also be at the top of your list. Assessing your […]
Category: Lifestyle
As a business owner, it can sometimes be hard to separate your home and working life. In today’s “always on” society, it can be tempting to focus on your business operations 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Indeed, a recent report by Simply Business revealed that 1 in 3 UK small business owners […]
Category: Lifestyle
Our business development director John Winstanley has been surprised to see a recent number of studies in industry media revealing shockingly high levels of ‘retirement regret’. As a financial planner, I feel incredibly sorry for these people when this feeling of regret can be so easily avoided. Clarion Wealth Planning clients have genuinely fulfilled retirements. […]
Tags: client relationships, investments, pensions, planning, retirement
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October marks Financial Planning Month and throughout the month we will be sharing the views, approach, and advice, of our trusted team of financial planners at Clarion. John Winstanley, Financial Planner and Business Development Director at Clarion, has already spoken this week about true lifelong financial planning, family finances, and retirement. Today, he focuses on […]
Tags: financial planning, Financial Planning Week, life goals, selling your business
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Our business development director John Winstanley opens the doors on his new work-from-home life. Now we are well into this second period of ‘lockdown’, I thought it would be interesting to share my personal experience of working from home. I have always been very routine-orientated and have strived maintain one while working from home. So, […]
Tags: COVID 19, family, home office, Work from home, work life balance
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First, a confession – I am an eternal optimist; apparently, it is difficult to live with. My wife Anne says that if she came through the door with an arm missing, I would say: “It’s good that you still have one arm and think of all the great things you can still do”. Although that […]
Tags: Coronavirus, family time, long-term, markets, new normal, optimism, recovery
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How do you know when the time is right to sell your business? Building a business from scratch or taking the family firm to the next level is all-consuming. You and your loved ones have made sacrifices every day to get to where you want to be. But how do you know when enough is […]
Tags: business, business psychology, change, decision to sell
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The Enough Now study helps successful business owners understand and prepare for the impact of selling a business and allow professional advisors to better support them through the challenging process. Having assisted hundreds of clients through the process, Clarion Wealth Planning identified that the decision to sell a business – and the emotional toll it takes on […]
Tags: business, business psychology, executive summary, selling business
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