Welcome to our 23rd issue of Lindsays Life, using our refreshed digital format for 2022.

While the world around us appears even more unpredictable, we can only prepare ourselves, our families, and our businesses in the best way we can and hope for more positive times as we head into 2023.

With this in mind, many of our articles, in this issue explore some areas where it doesn’t pay to postpone making important decisions or planning for you or your family’s future.

If you moved in with your partner during lockdowns and now it’s a permanent arrangement, did you update your Will to reflect this? Do you have a property abroad that you want to pass on to family and assume that it falls into your UK-based estate? Do you even have a Will? We include a few articles illustrating the importance of having a Will.

For anyone who’s had the misfortune to lose a loved one, we have information on how to prevent Inheritance Tax from making it even more painful.

We offer advice on navigating a way to keep everyone happy when splitting time with kids over holiday periods as well as how to manage a civil divorce, avoiding court and spiraling costs. 

There’s an article on how good governance allows great charity work to overcome any challenges, and how rehiring employees may solve recruitment issues and benefit your business. 

Plus, we offer guidance for which information to supply to the RCI; how to be first to know if there was a court order against your business and should you buy now or wait during these times of economic uncertainty?

Last but not least, we round up the successes of our sponsored athlete, elite runner Eilish McColgan who has had a superb year of achieving new records and scooping medals.

As ever, Lindsays Life covers a wide range of topics that we hope you find interesting and helpful right now and into the future – whatever it may hold.

Contents 

• Article one – The importance of making a Will when you co-habit
• Article two – To buy, or not to buy
• Article three – D.I.V.O.R.C.E doesn’t need to be H.E. double L
• Article four – Can rehiring ‘boomerang’ employees benefit your business?
• Article five – Calling all landowners and tenants your RCI deadline is coming soon
• Article six – Who will get your place in the sun?
• Article seven - Eilish's year of records and medals
• Article eight – Celebrating Eilish’s achievements
• Article nine – All I want for Christmas (or for any holiday)… is happy kids
• Article ten – Good charity needs good governance
• Article eleven – Mental health matters to us
• Article twelve – Our sponsorship news
• Article thirteen – Say hello to the caveat: your simple, cost effective, early warning trigger system
• Article fourteen – Could you be due a potential payback on Inheritance Tax already paid?