You & your family
No family is typical: there may be one or two parents; children and / or stepchildren; you may even find yourself financially responsible for two families following divorce and remarriage.
If you run your own business or have substantial investments you are likely to already have a working relationship with an accountant and / or financial advisers.
There are in fact many similarities between running a family and running a business. In both you need a clear view of where you are, where you want to be and how you are going to get there.
A family, like a business, needs to:
- manage its day to day running
- plan for the long term future
- plan for ‘emergencies’
- look after its assets.
The You & your family section concentrates on the following issues:
