by johnireland | Articles
In a 2023 survey by Schroders, 72% of UK adults said they had never discussed inheritance with their parents. Not how much they might receive. Not when. Not under what conditions. And certainly not why. This silence is not accidental. It is deeply embedded in British...
by johnireland | Articles
We Are Living Longer — But Are We Planning for It? A child born in the UK today has a roughly one-in-three chance of reaching 100. A healthy 65-year-old has a better than even chance of reaching 87 (for men) or 89 (for women), according to the Office for National...
by johnireland | Articles
Nobody Teaches You How to Inherit We spend years thinking about how to build wealth, protect it, and pass it on. But almost nobody thinks about what happens to the person on the receiving end. The assumption is simple: inheriting money is good news. The reality is far...
