Armed Forces

8th April 2022

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022

This year marks the Platinum jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen. The 6th of February marks 70 years of her service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth. She is also the first British Monarch to reach this milestone! As a nation we will enjoy a 4 day bank holiday, [...]
Armed Forces, Information, Military Life
10th January 2022

2021 Milspo Business Award Winners

We were absolutely thrilled to sponsor the Milspo Business Awards again in 2021. We have supported Milspo from the very beginning, and know of the value that Military Spouses, Partners and Other Halves bring to the business world. Nadine is a Military Spouse, and we always strive to support spouses as much as we can! […]

Armed Forces, Awards, Information, Military Life
14th December 2020

Supporting the Unsung Hero – Milspo Advocate Award Winner

At Forces Family Finance we wanted to feature all the winners of the 2020 Milspo Awards and this year’s Advocate Award Winner is Sarah Walker from Supporting the Unsung Hero! About Supporting the Unsung Hero ‘Supporting the Unsung Hero’ (SUH) is an award winning, business start-up programme delivered by the Black Country Chamber of Commerce. Since 2013, SUH [...]
Armed Forces, Awards, Information, Military Life
10th December 2020

Gillian Jones Designs – Milspo COVID-19 Award Winner

At Forces Family Finance we wanted to feature all the winners of the 2020 Milspo Awards and this year’s Milspo COVID-19 Award Winner is Gillian from Gillian Jones Designs! About Gillian Gillian has had what you could call a “portfolio career” as she accomplished a BEng and PhD in manufacturing engineering from the University of Nottingham, started [...]
Armed Forces, Awards, Information, Military Life
8th December 2020

Nala Coaching – Milspo Network Award Winner

At Forces Family Finance we wanted to feature all the winners of the 2020 Milspo Awards and this year’s Milspo Networking Award Winner based on nominations is Abbie Sorabjee from Nala Coaching! About Abbie "I started out as a process engineer, working in a big corporate company and feeling very disillusioned with the 9-5 lifestyle [...]
Armed Forces, Awards, Information, Military Life
24th June 2020

Gillian Jones Designs

As part of Forces Family Friday we like to shout out some veteran and milspouse businesses , and today we are focusing on the amazing Gillian Jones Designs! About Gillian As she mentions on her website, Gillian has had what you could call a “portfolio career” as she accomplished a BEng and PhD in manufacturing engineering [...]
Armed Forces, Information, Military Life
17th June 2020

Important changes to Critical and serious illness cover for the UK Armed Forces, including reservists

On 13 June 2020, Vitality, one of the UK Armed Forces’ preferred life and serious illness insurers, announced changes to how they underwrite and offer cover to serving personnel and reservists. For some time, Vitality and one other mainstream insurer have been among the few able to offer comprehensive critical/serious illness cover without operational exclusions. [...]
Armed Forces, Information, LIfe Insurance