UK GDP increased by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2017, the slowest rate recorded since the first three months of 2016, according to estimates by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released today.
The average motor insurance premium in the UK is now at £462, signalling an 8% rise since the first quarter of 2016, according to findings by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
Mercers pensions risk survey has found that the accounting deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for the UKs 350 largest listed companies fell from £137bn at the end of February to £133bn on 31 March 2017.
Pensions consultancy Hymans Robertson has found that 61% of workers aged under 40 would open a Lifetime ISA (LISA) and 68% would save into one alongside a pension.
Despite 36% of British people considering saving for a house their top financial priority, 60% do not know what the lifetime individual savings account (LISA) has to offer.
Congratulations to Alice Pemberton-Barlow and her husband Paul who welcomed their son Albert Frederick Barlow on 9 February. He was a very healthy 9lb 12oz!
Ellen and Mark Gorman, of EY and Aviva respectively, are delighted to announce that their second child, Sarah Naomi Gorman, was born on 25 February 2017.