Category Archives: Personal Finance

An update from RL Wealth: Covid 19 – what have we learned?

Wealth Online Meeting

I’ll not to start this with the usual “I hope this finds you well?” as this seems to be at the start of every fund manager communication we’ve had since this crisis began!   I do genuinely hope though that you and your family are managing to stay healthy and sane […]

Personal tax return – information you accountant needs

tax return

Robson Laidler’s annual request for tax return information has now been sent to all our personal tax clients. As ever, our Tax Team requests that you please let us have this information as soon as possible.   Tax Manager Lorraine Harnby advises: “The sooner we receive the information, then the sooner […]

Robson Laidler Wealth – Coronavirus Update

I hope you and your family are coping well with the government restrictions and remain safe and healthy. Many of you may be isolated at home while for others you are facing difficulties in continuing to run your business. Capacity We want to offer any appropriate support whatever your current […]

Budget 2020 – Personal Finance Summary

Budget Briefcase

The new chancellor has just sat down after delivering his first budget statement.  The issue of the government’s response to coronavirus dominated the first part of his speech. Of more interest to us and our clients were the measures that directly affect personal finances. Our summary of the key issues: […]

Danielle’s wealth of knowledge makes her the perfect appointment

Wealth Management

Robson Laidler Wealth has strengthened its team with the appointment of Danielle Knowles, with more than 15 years industry experience, as a paraplanner.   Danielle, 37, has joined Robson Laidler Wealth from a specialist medical accountancy and financial planning firm where she worked in the Corporate Department for 12 years […]

Financial planning in the North East – fail to plan, plan to fail

financial planning success

It’s a well-known expression and one that we at Robson Laidler Wealth focus 100% of our client time on. To us, working with our clients is not about selling products, we’re always thinking about our clients’ plans and how we might help achieve them with good financial planning. Our priority […]

North East Women – are you financially resilient?

Women financial resilience

Recently we hosted an event in conjunction with a national initiative introduced by the Chartered Insurance Institute.  The theme was “Insuring Women’s Futures” and it deliberately coincided with National Talk Money Week on the basis that if you get women talking about issues through raising awareness then things might start […]

Retirement Planning – 5 things to think about!

Retirement Planning

Planning for retirement might seem like a long road ahead and we know how hard it is to prioritise saving over spending. When you’ve saved your entire working life, you just want to know that you will be “ok” financially when you eventually stop. We think it’s important to have […]

Pensions in your twenties and thirties?!

young person pension planning

As a thirty something (and hurtling towards the big 40) I often find myself thinking about retirement and what it’s going to look like.  Not necessarily what I’ll be doing or the fact I’ll be finished work forever (yippee), I’m thinking about money, my pension, and will I have enough […]

What happens to my pension when I die?

What happens to my pension when I die?

One of the most regularly asked questions I get from clients is “what happens to my pension when I die”. Your pension can be your largest asset, often exceeding the value of your home. The rules governing pensions can be complex and have changed significantly in recent years. What happens […]