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Capping UK Energy Prices and Public Intervention
- 15 September 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Category: Financial Advice
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you cannot deny the impact that rising energy prices are having on our cost of living, especially with the talk of eye-watering figures on the horizon.
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Apple CarPlay: A Threat to the Car Industry?
- 24 August 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Category: Financial Advice
Apple first launched CarPlay in 2014, and despite being niche at the time, it quickly proceeded to spread throughout the auto industry and in 2022, more than 600 car models support the software.
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Understanding Bitcoin
- 19 August 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Category: Financial Advice
The first cryptocurrency (eCash) made its appearance in 1990, and along with several other attempts at establishing a viable and accepted digital currency, it helped influence the creation of Bitcoin.
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The Metaverse: What Should I Know?
- 17 August 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Category: Financial Advice
We’re currently living in a world with thriving technology that has come in leaps and bounds over the past several decades.
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Returning from the Digital Realm Post Pandemic
- 27 July 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Category: Financial Advice
The digital world has well and truly been thriving over the past decade, and its importance in our lives truly came apparent in 2020 when the pandemic hit and we were locked inside our own homes.
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The Bank of England Scraps the Mortgage Affordability Test
- 21 July 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Categories: Financial Advice, Mortgages
For the past eight years, the Bank of England’s affordability test has ensured that prospective homeowners could withstand a 3 percent point rise in interest rates before taking out a mortgage. So, why are they suddenly ditching it at a time when the country is facing some of the highest interest rate increases in decades?
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How affordable are electric cars in the UK?
- 31 May 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Category: Financial Advice
With the UK government’s move towards a greener future, all sales of new petrol and diesel cars are to end in 2030. The aim of which is to encourage the nation towards an electric vehicle revolution (which is already in full force).
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ESG Investing – What is it?
- 27 May 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Categories: Financial Advice, Investments
All investors want to make the best decisions for their money, and when it comes to acting morally with their investment choices, this can also be a similar case. However, there can be a very fine line between what is considered morally right and morally wrong.
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Why is inflation so high in the UK?
- 20 May 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Category: Financial Advice
Currently, the UK’s rate of inflation is at a 40-year high of 9% and unfortunately, it’s having a knock-on effect on our cost of living.
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Retirement Ages in the UK are Rising… and Fast!
- 14 April 2022
- Posted by: Coffey Brooks
- Categories: Financial Advice, Pensions
The retirement age in the UK is rising more sharply than in any other European country.





