Retirement, in plain English.

Guides, real journeys and a weekly pulse on what’s moving — everything you need to walk into a conversation about your retirement knowing your stuff.

Guides & explainers

Plain-English answers to the questions everyone has and nobody asks.

Guides & explainers · 4 min read

The three retirement lifestyles — and what they actually cost

Minimum, moderate, comfortable: the national benchmarks that turn "will I be okay?" into a number you can look at.

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Guides & explainers · 3 min read

The State Pension: what it gives you, and what it doesn't

Around £12,000 a year, from age 66-and-rising. Here's what that covers, what it doesn't, and how to check your own forecast in five minutes.

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Guides & explainers · 3 min read

Lost track of an old workplace pension? You're not alone

There are billions sitting in forgotten UK pension pots. Tracing yours is free, and easier than you'd think.

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Real journeys

How people like you approached retirement — what they did and what they asked.

Real journeys · 4 min read

What actually happens in a first meeting with a financial adviser

No hard sell, no jargon, nothing signed. A walk-through of the first conversation — so you know exactly what to expect.

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Market pulse

What moved this week — rates, markets and rules — in two minutes, with sources.

Market pulse · 2 min read

Market pulse — mid-July 2026

The two-minute factual read: where UK rates, inflation and the wider backdrop sit as of mid-July.

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Video explainers

Short, sketched-out explainers of how pensions and retirement actually work.

First episodes arriving this autumn.

In the meantime, the fastest way to understand your own position is the free two-minute check.

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