Urgent action is needed to defuse a looming wills time bomb – warns the National Consumer Council.
Instead of printing all their words, go to this website and see what they have to say about the Wills time’ bomb.
http://www.ncc.org.uk/news_press/pr.php?recordID=353
Not surprisingly, if you haven’t written your will yet, go and see an expert who specialises in […]
Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Stephen
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A wonderful time was had by all as head office staff, consultants and invited guests gathered in Edinburgh for the annual Christmas ‘bash’. It was good to see people from all over the UK attending.
Some were worried that a 6pm start time would mean a long evening, but with the packed agenda the early start […]
Posted on December 24th, 2007 by Stephen
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Joe Mitty died in September 2007. He has completed 88 years at the time of his passing. He founded Oxfam and opened their first store in 1949. He led the way as Oxfam opened more stores country wide until he retired way back in 1982.
He was a former army major whose wife, Dorothy, died in […]
Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Stephen
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Roy Wood wrote and performed (with his band Wizzard) one of the greatest ever Christmas time songs that first charted way back in 1973. It’s charted several times since and it’s back in at number 20 again this week, mostly due the number of downloads accepted for chart make-up positions these days.
For those of us […]
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Stephen
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It’s always nice when well made plans come to fruition
For the sake of privacy we’ll change their names and call this couple Henry and Katie. They had seen a few of their friends die in recent years and each time another passed away it appeared that everyone at their retirement home wanted to get involved […]
Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Stephen
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Making plans for the future brings mixed feelings. It is right to concentrate on the good things, but sometimes there are things you would rather not think about. A funeral is one of those things. You may not have considered planning a funeral in advance, but there are several reasons why it can bring great […]
Posted on December 10th, 2007 by Stephen
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: there are many treatments which offer patients with serious or terminal illnesses the chance to live longer. However, in some cases, these treatments may offer little or no chance of full recovery. They may have side effects that could be considered worse than the illness or […]
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Stephen
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It’s very important, when you plan to draw up your will to consider who is to be your executor. They’re the person or company who you would like to act for you. Your executor is the person or company who will administer your Will after you die.
They can be anyone you choose, your spouse, […]
Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by Stephen
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