In this episode, we talk about pensions and savings, and how we should all be thinking about saving for the future. We talk to Brendon Maton an experienced freelance journalist who writes about investing and savings and Hannah Smith, a freelance financial journalist specialising in investment management and personal finance, about the best options out there for freelance journalists. 

Brendon Maton

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-maton-23372010/

Hannah Smith 

Twitter: @hannah_fran_

Website: https://www.hannahsmithjournalist.co.uk/

Resources

Money helper https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en

Government basic pension https://www.gov.uk/state-pension

An example of a pension provider https://www.hl.co.uk/pensions

Fidelity https://www.fidelity.co.uk/retirement/

Hargreaves and Lansdown pension calculator 

https://www.hl.co.uk/pensions/pension-calculator

Pension Bee https://www.pensionbee.com/

Pensions tracking service- old lost pension pots

https://www.gov.uk/find-pension-contact-details

Money and pension service gov

https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/

NEST pension https://www.nestpensions.org.uk/

SIPP 

https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/pensions-and-retirement/pensions-basics/self-invested-personal-pensions

Wealthify ethical SIPP https://www.wealthify.com/

Nutmeg ethical investing 

https://www.nutmeg.com/socially-responsible-investing

Pension bee fossil fuel-free pension

https://www.pensionbee.com/fossil-fuel-free-pension

National insurance credit https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance-credits

Check your state pension https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension

Child benefit 

https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/benefits/benefits-if-you-have-children/protecting-your-state-pension-when-you-have-a-baby

Freelance journalist recommendations

Hugh Wheelan

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-wheelan-8449663/?originalSubdomain=uk

Felicity Hannah 

http://felicityhannah.co.uk/