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Dec 16
By Nigel Hare-Scott
Bower Retirement Services is fully supportive of the announcement from Safe Home Income Plans (“SHIP”) that, following an extensive engagement process, the membership criteria will most likely be extended early next year to include financial advisers, solicitors and valuers. (more…)
Dec 02
By Nigel Hare-Scott
Bower Retirement Services shine at Equity Release Awards 2011
The equity release experts take home a hat-trick of awards
December 1 2011 – Bower Retirement Services proved that they are still top of the equity release game by scoping three prizes at the annual Equity Release Awards 2011 on Wednesday night. (more…)
Nov 24
By Nigel Hare-Scott
Age UK have reported that the over 55s have seen an 18% rise in living costs since 2008, almost 5% more than the rest of the population. (more…)
Nov 14
By Geoff Charles
Thank you very much everyone for voting for us as Best Equity Release Adviser in the Equity Release Awards! Your support has been invaluable to getting us nominated for several prestigious awards this year. It is much appreciated by all of us at Bower. (more…)
Nov 02
By Nigel Hare-Scott
To many of us in retirement who studied Latin at school, a Centurion is best known as a soldier in the Roman Infantry who commanded a cohort of one hundred men. We had no inkling that the word Centurion would take on another commonplace meaning in the early part of the twenty first century. (more…)
Oct 18
By Nigel Hare-Scott
Downsizing is the preferred method of releasing equity for elderly homeowners at or in retirement. Moving into a smaller and cheaper property is usually more economic for those struggling to live on a pension income and often enables them to relocate to somewhere more suitable for fulfilling their retirement dreams. (more…)