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Our site has been updated with new features, and more will be rolling out soon.

Latest improvements – updates and coming soon

3 September 202610 September 2026Pension Freedoms, Pension Potsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

Current Testing In the next few days, we will contact people who previously helped with testing to meet regulatory requirements. This will cover two additional pages. These pages link our plans to a new product

The fifth in a series of Tips to get the most from Guiide

Top Tips #5 – Modelling defined benefit schemes

10 June 202622 June 2026Pension Freedoms, Pension Potsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

These Tips are based on frequent, or newer questions that we get. We can't give you advice, so can't tell you what you should do. We can help you get the most from Guiide by

The fourth in a series of Tips to get the most from Guiide

Top Tips #4 – I’ve gone past retirement date?

2 June 20262 June 2026Pension Freedoms, Pension Potsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

These Tips are based on frequent, or newer questions that we get. We can't give you advice, so can't tell you what you should do. We can help you get the most from Guiide by

The third in a series of Tips to get the most from Guiide

Top Tips #3 – Saving pots, ISAs and tax?

27 May 202627 May 2026Pension Freedoms, Pension Potsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

These Tips are based on frequent, or newer questions that we get. We can't give you advice, so can't tell you what you should do. We can help you get the most from Guiide by

The lines are no longer engaged and developments can continue

Developments – No more hanging on…

15 May 202620 May 2026Pension Freedoms, Pension Potsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

We have been wanting to add some new developments to our site for around 18 months. Those developments went silent as regulators wanted to consider in detail if our free consumer site crossed the boundary

The second in a series of Tips to get the most from Guiide

Top Tips #2 – Pension pots or savings pots first?

14 May 202614 May 2026Pension Freedoms, Pension Potsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

These Tips are based on frequent or newer questions that we get. We can't give you advice, so can't tell you what you should do. We can help you get the most from Guiide by

The first in a series of Tips to get the most from Guiide

Top Tips #1 – The right shape and amount of income

5 May 202620 May 2026Pension Freedoms, Pension Potsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

These Tips are based on frequent questions that we get. We can't give you advice, so can't tell you what you should do. We can help you get the most from Guiide by understanding how

Information on some updates we need to make to the site

Updates from us on our planning tools

21 October 202531 October 2025Pension Freedoms, Pension Potsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

Our philosophy at Guiide has and will always be to provide our site completely free to everyone. In the absence of any Government support to do this, we meet our costs by licensing bespoke versions

Why are couples planning and product options moving like a treacle snail?

Product and Couples – What’s taking so long?

4 August 202530 October 2025Pension Freedoms, Pension Potsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

For far too many months now we have been promising two things to our registered users. An integrated product where you can put your Guiide plan in place directly. Partner modelling to plan as a

We take a look at different types of retirees and what may be right for each

Which type of drawdown retiree are you?

23 January 202528 June 2025Pension Freedomsdrawdown, investments, pension calculator, pension freedoms, pension pots

We believe there are three different types of retiree that go into long term drawdown. Getting the best possible outcome from long term drawdown is very hard. The key difference between each type is their