24th June 2020
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17th June 2020
Important changes to Critical and serious illness cover for the Armed Forces, including reservists
On June 13th 2020 one of the Armed Forces favoured life and serious illness insurer’s, Vitality, announced changes in the way they underwrite and choose to offer cover to those serving for the British Armed forces, which also includes reservists. For some time, they and one other insurer have been the only mainstream insurance companies [...]
5th June 2020
Homeschooling – Helping your child learn
Homeschool is new territory of a lot of people, and it can be difficult to organising and declutter your space to turn your home into an effective learning environment, so we thought we’d share some tips. Set up your space Similarly to working to home, you need to have a separate space in your house [...]
30th May 2020
The Big Support
Times are tough at the moment for a lot of people, and it’s particularly hard to be a small business in a time like this which is why The InDependent Spouse and Small Business Britain teamed up and started a campaign to support these businesses and showcase a different one each day throughout the month of [...]
30th April 2020
5 Top Tips for Working from Home
Due to recent events a lot of us have had to work from home, and at Forces Family Finance we understand how difficult this change can be, so we decided to compile a list of our top tips to help keep you productive at home! 1. Get dressed for work Staying in your pyjamas all […]
1st April 2020
Updates to Forces help to buy Criteria and Mortgage changes
With effect from today there has been a subtle update to eligibility rules for the Forces Help to buy, this is because the existing eligibility criteria differs across the single Services and means that some with extended Phase 2 training are excluded from the scheme for much longer than others. The change to eligibility has [...]
18th March 2020
COVID-19: Guidance and advice for military personnel
Clearly there is a lot of information coming through about the ongoing coronavirus situation which is also constantly changing. At Forces Family Finance we understand the specific issues that you may be concerned about and that effect you directly, so as well as pushing through information related to mortgage, insurance and finance policy, we wanted […]
9th March 2020
How Forces Family Finance helped us find our forever home
Client Review Forces Family Finance love to receive feedback from our clients, and we would like to share a recent testimonial! The client said: We approached Forces Family Finance because we needed a mortgage, and we chose them as we had been following them on Facebook for a while, as we had lots of friends that [...]
4th March 2020
Military Wives Film – Worth the watch?
Early screening Forces Family Finance were lucky enough to watch a preview of the Military wives film, which isn’t set to be released to UK Cinema’s until tomorrow (6th March 2020) check out the trailer for it here Military Life Some parts of this film were absolute genius, some were a bit cringe (not quite reality?) […]
4th March 2020
Family Peg Dolls
Forces Family Friday As part of Forces Family Friday, we love to share other veteran and mil spouse businesses, and this time we would love to shout out Laura Shinn from Family Peg Dolls ! Laura shared her story with us, and told us how she came about to do whats she does now! About Laura ‘I’m […]
3rd March 2020
Armed Forces Covenant signing
Military wives, Veterans, Service Leavers, Reservists and the MOD join forces for Mass Armed Forces Covenant signing in London The Armed Forces Covenant was introduced to the British public circa 2000 and is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve or who have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly and not […]
18th February 2020
