St George's Day means cake for morning tea in the GBPensions office! This gave us a moment to pause and consider that we've already marked the "feast days" of three of Britain and Ireland's patron saints. But who were these men and why do we celebrate them on those particular dates?

Here is our first interesting fact of the day. Did you know that Saints' Days are celebrated on the days upon which they are believed to have met their (sometimes grisly) demise? This seems unusual in its precision, since there are often very few specifics known about their lives.

APO Remix the Orchestra is a life-changing and award-winning music programme fusing urban & classical music through professional industry mentoring and the use of the latest audio production technology. 

GBPensions thought this sounded so amazing that we requested our 2014-2015 APO sponsorship be used to support this project.

GBPensions were proud to be one of the sponsors of the New Zealand Association for Migration & Investment's (NZAMI) recent annual conference.  More than 140 of the country's most respected immigration consultants, lawyers and tax advisers attended the event, which was held in suitably impressive style at Eden Park.

As well as speakers from the world of politics and economics, the delegates were entertained by the excellent Bollywood Bhangra dance troupe.   They were so enthusiastic, colourful and vibrant that even our own Tony Chamberlain managed to find his inner Bollywood! 

Due to radical plans to reform pensions currently under consideration by the UK Treasury, British ex-pats could miss out on significant pension opportunities if they fail to act quickly.