Secret Santa goes to Kettering Foodbank. No office "Secret Santa" again this year. Instead, it was agreed that we would help a local foodbank charity in Kettering. This is all part of our community programme The money that we would have spent on often a funny (some would say), but unwanted presents to each [...]
We often find that initially, executors feel confident in administering a will themselves. Below, are some of the key duties that you, as the executor, need to undertake, if you do decide that doing it yourself is for you. Your role as an executor of the will. Register the death. First of all, register [...]
By John Cossons, Equity Release Adviser with Anstee & Co. This article is based on a real equity release case. A 71-year-old client of mine had sold her property and was looking for a new house closer to her family. In an ideal world, she would have loved to buy a bungalow. However, she did [...]
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Christmas and New Year office opening times. Below are this years Christmas and New Year opening times. December 2019. Monday 23rd: Open. Tuesday 24th: 9 am -12 noon. Wednesday 25th: Closed. Thursday 26th: Closed. Friday 27th: Closed. Saturday 28th: Closed. Sunday 29th: Closed. Monday 30th: [...]
Congratulations to our lead paraplanner Raj Chettra who completed the London Landmarks Half Marathon. The event took place on Sunday the 24th March 2019 with over 13,000 runners and is the only half marathon to go through both the City of London and City of Westminster. Raj completed the marathon in a respectable 2 hours [...]
By Jane Lumley-Walker, Office Manager. As you may be aware Anstee & Co entered into the “NatWest Local Hero Mortgage Awards”. The awards are to recognise the charity and community work carried out by the companies that work with NatWest. We put forward details of the charity work we have done, fundraising for various charities [...]
Could RIOs be a solution for borrowing into retirement? The number of mortgage companies offering “Retirement Interest Only mortgages” (RIOs) seems to be increasing month by month. Figures from the financial researchers “Moneyfacts” show that there were only five providers in July last year, but now we are up to thirty-eight. This trend is expected [...]
By Rachel Efetha, Chartered Financial Planner. Anyone of a certain age will never forget that Christmas Day in 1986 where Den handed Angie divorce papers. For a bit of nostalgia, you can watch it here. 13 years later, in 2018, 13 people filed online for a divorce on Christmas Day itself. Then, the many people [...]
Welcome to new team member Samantha Clarke who has joined the company as Senior Paraplanner. Samantha has been working in the financial services industry for a number of years and has joined us after recently relocating from Eastbourne. Her financial services career started when she was 16, working as a motor insurance clerk alongside her [...]
Monika with baby Liam. Paraplanner Monika Trow, who is presently on maternity leave, recently came into the Kettering Head Office to introduce baby Liam to the team. Liam came into the world on the morning of Monday 31st December 2018 weighing a healthy 8lb 6oz. This is Monika’s and her husband Adrian’s second and a [...]
