{"id":1362,"date":"2016-06-17T11:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2016-06-17T11:20:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:20:18","slug":"middle-aged-britons-cite-poor-financial-management-as-biggest-lifetime-regret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/middle-aged-britons-cite-poor-financial-management-as-biggest-lifetime-regret\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle-aged Britons cite poor financial management as biggest lifetime regret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>40-somethings across the UK cite not saving enough money as one of their biggest lifetime regrets, according to a new study conducted by high-street bank, Nationwide.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A poll of 2,000 men and women aged between 40 and 49 revealed that nearly a third of middle-aged Britons regretted not taking financial management seriously in their younger years.<\/p>\n<p>Two fifths told the poll that they feared their pension would fall short of their needs when it came to retirement \u2013 and a large number cited inadequate budgeting, poor future planning and careless financial management as serious regrets.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Baddeley-Chappell, Nationwide\u2019s head of savings policy, said: \u201cAt a time when we could be considered in our prime, our research suggests that some Brits are finding their 40s quite tough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their message to the younger generations would be to spend more time looking after your finances and your fitness \u2013 avoid that squeezed middle in both senses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite financial concerns, 13 per cent of 40-somethings told the poll that they had paid off their mortgage.<\/p>\n<p>However, the study highlights the importance of maintaining strong financial health and planning effectively for the future \u2013 whether that be in business, or at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>40-somethings across the UK cite not saving enough money as one of their biggest lifetime regrets, according to a new study conducted by high-street bank, Nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1363,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions\/1363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bainesjewitt.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}