With Children’s Day on the 27th May, we thought we should give some focus during the month of May to all aspects of financing children from nappies to university and beyond.

It goes without saying that the birth or adoption of a child is one of the most rewarding and certainly the most significant of life’s events.

New parenthood naturally comes with financial responsibility. The change in lifestyle and increased expense, which generally arrives at a period of time when a single parent or young couple are just starting out and building assets, is immense.

The key is to be financially prepared.