For most of us Christmas is a happy time when we have the opportunity to down tools for a few days, allowing us to spend some quality time with our loved ones. However, for others who have friends and families who are in the armed services and deployed abroad, the festive season can often be read more »

New rules and guidelines have been set out which are intended to give retired people more freedom over how they spend there pensions. The Treasury are set to bring an end to regulations which currently mean pensioners can be forced into investing in an annuity even when certain market conditions mean they could generate a read more »

Some of the industry’s leading psychologists and well-being experts have come up some fantastic tips and advice on how to remain calm and collected this Christmas. Here are our top picks: Be Fashionably Early According to Professor Bernardo Carducci of the US Shyness Research Institute, ‘Shy people often slip in late so they won’t be read more »

A variety of new schemes intended to promote equality for homosexuals in the workplace is soon to be put into motion. The Coalition’s Equality Strategy hopes to contribute to wiping out the discrimination and violence that many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals face. Ministers are said to be in talks with campaigners and faith read more »

With 18 days to go until Christmas Day are you feeling rife with anticipation for your favourite day of the year, OR stressed and nearing a meltdown over the thought of overspending, cooking for five thousand and family feuding? Despite Christmas forming the storybook picture of happiness and joy, it is also the time of read more »

With the recent bout of hazardous weather conditions and below freezing temperatures the public health minister Anne Milton has urged members of the public to keep their eyes open for friends, elderly relatives and neighbours who may be vulnerable throughout the winter. Recent figures taken from the Office for National Statistics have revealed that there read more »

We all know and hate that horrible feeling we get in the pit of our stomachs when we are going through a difficult break-up, but according to scientists, what we always considered to be ‘metaphorical heartache’ can actually cause real aches and pains, heres why: According to Naomi Eisenberger, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychology read more »

For those who have elderly relatives living far away or indeed for the elderly themselves, the cold and icy conditions which come hand in hand with winter are always a cause for concern. Below are some great tips from the NHS about a good winter diet, and various other recommendations which will help you and read more »