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First Meeting of the Year Lawyers Nabarro are 3Cs Community hosts again but in new offices in the City at London Wall up on the 18th floor. Now a very plush auditorium, the room is the former site of the dealing room in The London Whale Scandal where a J P Morgan dealer lost his emplo

English Pies in Bangkok It’s time to go east again. Retirement gives flexibility on timing with the off-season airfare less than half the holiday season fare. But some things stay the same: travel insurance: £70; vaccinations on three different days the month before and certific

It’s really a matter of paperwork Investing in new businesses is generally higher risk than investing in existing ones, since businesses that have survived have hopefully learned something. This can make it difficult for entrepreneurs to raise capital to get their business going

And the Beer Hatch, match and despatch as the saying goes for the three times when most people go to church or perhaps when families get together these days. With Cathy’s family over from Zambia for the funeral there is the chance to catch up. Turns out one nephew has his inheri

A Two P Blog – Pensions & Politics Had a strange thought last week on the switchboard at TPAS – the Pensions Advisory Service Of the twenty-odd calls I took (longest one 26 minutes) two were from Scottish callers. All very good-natured and one even mentioned Alex Salmo

To row, or not to row? Images linger. Sometime in the 80s when Docklands was being developed I saw an image of a single scull on the Thames at sunset. And after my Full Circle blog reminds of canoeing, it’s time to choose my holiday treat this year. Canoeing or rowing? Research

Gong Yoga? Thank you Evening  Standard for introducing Gong Yoga in April last year. As if Hatha yoga, Bikram/hot yoga, Vinyasa yoga, Kundalini yoga, Ashtanga/power yoga (a hard one), Iyengar yoga and even prenatal yoga are not enough, here comes another one – Gong Yoga. There a

Where were we? My wife is dying – easy to see now with hindsight, but at the time, the penny hasn’t dropped – there’s always hope. I am now a full-time carer which cuts out volunteering and regular blogging. In the early part of the year it can sometimes mean 3

It doesn’t exist Back at what might be called the coalface of Pension Advice in the UK, it’s nice to be back at The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) as a volunteer on the switchboard. Founded 30 years ago as a charity, it is now a QUANGO funded by the DWP with full-time st