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Removing stress & remaining competent
Part of my role here at Informed Choice is to ensure that all our Financial Planners remain competent to do […]
Julia Docker
Oct 9, 20142 min read


Harry Bamford Trophy
In 1976 Andy and I got married. Soon after we moved away from Bristol to live in Birmingham, then Gloucester […]
Julia Docker
Oct 8, 20142 min read


Institute of Financial Planning Annual Conference
I’ve just spent a few days at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, attending the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) […]
Julia Docker
Oct 8, 20142 min read


Graduating again
The last time I sat through a graduation ceremony was 14 years ago, in Winchester Cathedral when I received my […]
Julia Docker
Oct 4, 20142 min read


Bad timing: Cranleigh Food Festival 2014
You may recall that I wrote recently about my diet and the success I had in reducing my waste size […]
Julia Docker
Oct 1, 20141 min read


Best Retirement Adviser – the results!
Earlier in the summer we wrote about how Informed Choice was proud to be a finalist for Best Retirement Adviser […]
Julia Docker
Sep 26, 20141 min read


Best boss in the world?
Richard Branson may well be vying for the title “best boss in the world.” Apparently he is encouraging a change […]
Julia Docker
Sep 26, 20141 min read


The new, slimline Nick!
Are you thinking about losing some weight? Up until two months ago I wasn’t and then I realised that whilst […]
Julia Docker
Sep 25, 20142 min read


European Trec Championships 2014
Following two years of intensive training and competing, Great Britain was represented by 5 senior riders and 2 young riders […]
Julia Docker
Sep 17, 20142 min read


Living in a blue zone
One of the most interesting things I learned when reading Dr James Rouse’s book Think Eat Move Thrive recently was […]
Julia Docker
Sep 16, 20142 min read


Goodbye Caledonia (with apologies to Dougie MacLean)
The monster from your famous loch has morphed into first minister His plans and goals are puffs of air, his […]
Julia Docker
Sep 16, 20142 min read


Get a grip on your business
I have read a number of “management books” in recent months but my favourite so far is a book called […]
Julia Docker
Sep 12, 20142 min read


Book review: Think Eat Move Thrive
One of the keynote speakers at the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) annual conference next month is Dr. James Rouse. […]
Julia Docker
Sep 10, 20143 min read


European TREC Championships in Italy
The Great Britain TREC Senior and Junior rider teams will be competing at the European Trec Championships in Scandiano, Northern […]
Julia Docker
Sep 5, 20141 min read


Cranleigh Food Festival 2014
We are very pleased to be sponsoring the Cranleigh Food Festival 2014 as it returns to the village for a […]
Julia Docker
Sep 1, 20141 min read


Mamils in Cranleigh
Over the past couple of years, we have noticed the presence of a lot more Mamils in Cranleigh. In fact, […]
Julia Docker
Aug 16, 20142 min read


Cranleigh. Home of Informed Choice.
Cranleigh, Surrey is famous for two reasons. First it is of course the home of award winning firm of Chartered […]
Julia Docker
Aug 8, 20143 min read


Our summer holiday reads 2014
In this blog, the Informed Choice team share their summer holiday reads for 2014. The summer holidays are always a […]
Julia Docker
Aug 6, 20143 min read


I’ve lost 11lbs in 3 weeks
I am close on 6′ 2” tall, shrinking a bit because of age and osteoarthritis of the spine. I have […]
Julia Docker
Aug 6, 20142 min read


The Cranleigh Show
Saturday was the 68th Cranleigh Show, something of an institution in our village and certainly a highlight of the annual […]
Julia Docker
Aug 4, 20142 min read
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