It is sometimes easy to think that an income shock such as a long-term or critical illness will never happen to us. However, thinking about how your bills would be paid if the unthinkable happened to you is essential. Income protection and critical illness cover, two...
Self-employment used to be rarity in the traditional world of lifetime employment. However, long before the gig economy was recognised as a phenomenon, the structure and experience of the UK workforce was changing. Certain professions have always been built on the...
The number of self-employed people in the UK is edging towards 1 million. If self-employment were an industry, it would be vast. In comparison, the UK’s largest private sector employer, the John Lewis Partnership, has a workforce of under 90,000. The gradual...
According to Cancer Research UK’s Science Blog, half of us will be told “you have cancer” at some stage in our lives and although cancer is far more likely to affect people aged 70 or older, the disease is now the most common cause for long term sick leave amongst the...
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