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Pensions

Not many things are more important to your later life plans than your pension provision. Yet so many people don’t think seriously about it until too late. How can you be sure your pension will be enough for you when you retire? Whatever your circumstances, our advisers can help you find the right solution to suit your needs.

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What kind of pension are you looking for?

Pension Schemes

As an employer, which pension scheme will work best for your business, and for your employees?

Pensions for the self-employed

Without an employer contributing to your pension, what are you doing to build a fund for later life?

Managing your pension

There are a variety of personal schemes on the market to suit a wide range of people. What will be best for you? Plan now.

Executive pensions

With income from bonuses, salary and share options, a pension fund can serve as a tax-efficient vehicle as well as an investment for the future.

Start looking after the future, today

On top of the minimal state pension, current legislation requires all employers to offer a workplace pension. In addition to this, you may also want to arrange your own personal pension to give you a more comfortable life when you retire.

Because our brains are hard-wired to enjoy the present rather than worry about the future, many people put off personal pension planning until it’s too late. While perfectly natural, this does result in hardship for many in later life.

Small sums invested regularly now can add up to significant amounts in later life thanks to compound interest. Want to find out what a pension could mean for your future? Talk to one of our experienced specialists today.

Pension advice for businesses, employees and individuals

As an employer, offering a good scheme can play an important role in attracting and retaining staff. We can help you with all types of pension schemes from defined benefit pensions through to workplace pensions. We also work with companies and Trustees with defined benefit schemes to ensure they remain compliant, efficiently run and make use of all the options available to them.

Our team will work with you at every stage of the process to make sure that your pension scheme charge is competitive, the investments are performing and that communication channels are always open.

Whether you’re a director, executive, business owner, self-employed or an employee, we can provide advice to set you up for a more enjoyable later life. Why not plan for the future you deserve?

Manage your  pensions online

Are your online tools for pension management up to scratch? We can assist in recommending and supplying efficient, effective and secure software and cloud-based solutions to suit your circumstances. Whether for an individual plan or a company-wide scheme, you’ll save time, gain clarity and have the power to monitor and make changes when you need to.

Meet the team

Drawing on a huge amount of experience in independent financial advice, wealth management and future life planning, our pension specialists can deliver a bespoke plan for your pension backed up by genuine attention to your needs. Meet the team and see why they’ve built up great relationships with clients across the board.

View all our team profiles

Grant Buchanan

Financial Planning Joint Managing Director

Grant leads the Financial Planning department in Colchester, advising on wealth management for a number of high net worth individuals.

Gary Riches

Gary is a director in the Independent Financial Advice team.

James Wright

Independent Financial Adviser

James is an Independent Financial Adviser, and is based in our Ipswich office.

Matt Merchant

Independent Financial Adviser

Matt is an Independent Financial adviser offering pension and investment planning and financial forecasting.

Neil Hewitt

Independent Financial Adviser and Director

Neil works in our Ipswich office as an Independent Financial Adviser and is a director of Scrutton Bland Financial Services Ltd.

Get in touch for independent advice

If you’re ready to take the next step in growing and protecting your wealth, don’t hesitate to contact one of the advisers.

Call us on 0330 058 6559
Email us at hello@scruttonbland.co.uk

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