Equity release: key to unlocking your retirement or a dangerous trap?
The number of older people taking cash out of their property at retirement has hit a record high. We look at the pros and consSchemes that allow older people to unlock some of the value tied up in...
View ArticleCase for an age-diverse workforce | @guardianletters
It is far too soon after the iniquity of the default retirement age was brought to an end to be wishing for a return to enforced retirement (The have-it-all generation has to be told when to quit, 5...
View ArticleShifting demographics mean its vital older people keep working |...
Anne Perkins writes (Comment, 5 August) that older workers need to be told when to quit in order that their jobs can be given to young people. Its an argument that fails to make economic sense....
View ArticleOver-65s in work increases to more than one million since start of coalition
Saga says number of older workers has soared by 36% to 1.09 million following abolition of default retirement ageThe number of over 65-year-olds working has increased to more than a million since the...
View ArticleSelf-employment in UK at highest level since records began
Critics say fact that 15% of workforce is self-employed is driving lower pay and retirement income and eroding job security and tax revenueBritain's deepest postwar recession has led to record numbers...
View ArticleKingfisher boss bows out at 55 after delivering impressive turnaround
Sir Ian Cheshire leaves the group in a much better position than he found it, although China is a job for his successorSir Ian Cheshire is bowing out of Kingfisher at the age of 55, which may seem a...
View ArticleBeware the crooks who want to get their hands on your pension pot
One in eight employees aged 50 or over has been the target of fraudsters promising to release their pension savings Workers in their 50s are being warned that they are the primary target for scamsters...
View ArticleOsbornes new pension plans: the options and the tax implications
Do you take a tax-free lump sum, buy that Lamborghini, or spend it all on your children right now? Todays over-55s have a maze of possibilities for their pension potThe chancellor this week revealed...
View ArticlePrince Charless charity warns of missing million unemployed over-50s
Research for Business in the Community shows long-term joblessness proportionally much higher among older workersMore than a million people over 50 have been pushed out of work, costing the UK economy...
View ArticleWhat is pre-tirement? A way for the over-50s to stagger (towards) retirement
There is no longer a cut-off point at which you retire, according to a new report. Instead, those aged 50 to 80 are increasingly still working, at least part-timeName: Pre-tirement.Age:...
View ArticlePensions: the 10-point action plan to take advantage of the new rules
You don’t have to be on the point of retirement to be thinking about how you will survive once you stop workNext April will see the biggest, and most popular, reform to pensions in more than a...
View ArticleAre grey gap years a good idea?
The 62-year-old chairman of Cartier watch maker Richemont is one of a growing number of executives taking a late career break Continue reading...
View ArticleLet me go with my headphones on | Jenni Murray
Research says retirement is not good for us. That's all very well if, like me, you enjoy your jobOh good grief, I thought, when I read the research on retirement and health – it's a conspiracy! How...
View ArticleMiddle-aged people will have to work until 70 to save a retirement pot
Research by pensions firm shows fewer than half of workers over 30 are saving enough to guarantee a comfortable incomeWorkers in their 40s and 50s are trapped in a "perfect storm" of economic downturn...
View ArticleOlder, healthier and working: Britons say no to retirement
By 2030 there will be a 50% rise in those aged over 65. And a growing number of us want to carry on in our jobs. This will demand huge changes in our attitudes to age and workDo you like your job?...
View ArticleRecord numbers plan to fund retirement by selling property
Nearly five million homeowners say they will sell or rent their main property, as annuity rates slump to new lowRecord numbers of people are planning to sell their main home to fund their retirement,...
View ArticleMore disposable income for the retired but less for everyone else
Since the financial crisis the amount that the average household has left to spend after taxes has dropped, except for the retired, who have seen their incomes keep on risingGet the dataThe average...
View ArticleHow is your pension shaping up?
In the second part of our three pension ‘bootcamps’, we answer questions from fiftysomethings coming up to retirementIs your pension on track?There are growing fears that pensioners will not have...
View ArticleUK wages to rise above inflation for 2015, study shows
Annual real earnings to rise for first time since 2007 but later retirement age and growing workforce is slowing pace of increasesBritish wages will rise above inflation throughout 2015 for the first...
View ArticleBuy-to-let landlords and retirees risk crowding out first-time buyers
Newcomers already battling landlords armed with an average £100k deposit will in April face a wave of retirees armed with pension pot lump sumsFirst-time buyers have been warned that they face...
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