It's that time again! The end of the tax year can be a burden for some, however, it can also present an array of useful financial planning opportunities. W...

Buying a home can be a stressful and confusing time. With several different parties involved, it can sometimes be difficult to keep track of your progress, o...

Relevant life protection is a tax-efficient assurance policy, which can be used by employers to offer a death-in-service benefit to their employees. The poli...

As covered in our previous blog posts, the loss of a key person to a business can be immensely traumatic and disruptive. This is most likely to be the case w...

What would happen if a key person in your business died or was diagnosed with a critical illness? It doesn’t take long to conjure up some of the many issues ...

99% of businesses in the UK are Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). [1] 53% of SMEs would stop trading within 12 months if they lost an owner or key p...

Abacus Financial Options are proud to be supporting Sherborne's first Gin Festival on 1st September, hosted by Vineyards

Critical Illness Cover, or “CIC”, is a protection policy that will pay out a tax-free lump sum if you are diagnosed with a specified illness during the term ...

£769.19 - Average weekly household income £554.20 - Average weekly household expenditure [1] £92.50 - Statutory Sick Pay Many people overestimate the generos...

We often find that our retired clients are cash poor and asset rich, with the main asset being the family home. The phrase “Bank of Mum and Dad” now almost...

Gone are the days when you could pretty much walk into your bank and ask nicely for a mortgage and then pretty much be sure they would lend to you. These day...