Worldwide's Communication Director will be stepping out in February to take part in a walking challenge to raise money for the largest domestic abuse organisation in the UK. Refuge, which empowers women to live without violence and fear, has organised the ‘56 Miles in February for Refuge’ challenge and Eleanor McGillie will be out and about putting the miles in while raising funds to support Refuge’s services.
Fortunately (or not) governments have a way of raising taxes that no politician has to vote for. It’s called inflation and it’s been in the news a lot recently, although the media calls it a ‘cost of living crisis’.
The Equity Release Council, the industry body for the UK equity release sector, representing providers, qualified financial advisers, solicitors and intermediaries, has announced that Worldwide Financial Planning is a new member of the council.
Worldwide Financial Planning has kicked off the new year by signing the Menopause Workplace Pledge – a campaign by ‘Wellbeing of Women’ which encourages businesses, large and small, to take positive action to make sure everyone going through the menopause is supported.
In December, the three main central banks (US, EU, UK) all raised interest rates by 0.5 per cent and all said there was more to come. Over the past two years these central banks have been proven disastrously wrong in their assessment of inflation. Read Martyn Page's full review of the markets for December 2022.
As 2022 comes to a close, and fund managers being to give their Stockmarket predictions for 2023, read what Martyn Page has to say in our Investment Board's most recent commentary.