Links
There is a wealth of reference information on the worldwide web - the great difficulty is finding it. The following sites are a collection of ones we have found useful - a mix of business and pleasure.
These sites are not in any way endorsed by Lane Clark & Peacock LLP and you should treat them with the same caution as all information on the web (see our legal notice).
Professional |
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| Link | Description |
| Faculty and Institute of Actuaries | The professional bodies for actuaries in the UK. The site includes discussion groups, publications and meeting dates |
| The Pensions Regulator | The Pensions Regulator is the new regulator of work-based pension schemes in the UK and was created under the Pensions Act 2004. |
| Pension Protection Fund | The Pension Protection Fund was established to pay compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes. |
| Pensions Advisory Service | Site providing information, guidance and help to pension scheme members |
| Pensions Ombudsman | Site giving details of procedures for complaints and disputes in the running of pension schemes |
| Accounting Standards Board | Including Statements of Standard Accounting Practice (SSAPs) and Financial Reporting Standards (FRSs) |
| Actuary magazine | The magazine for actuaries published by the Staple Inn Actuarial Society |
| Association of British Insurers | Contains press releases, political/research information and consumer advice |
| Association of Consulting Actuaries | Discussion papers, press releases, policy statements provided by association members, all of whom are consulting actuaries |
| Association of Pensions Lawyers | Information on publications, conferences, seminars etc provided by the association |
| Chartered Insurance Institute | Information for members and students of the CII, plus details of careers, training courses and financial services |
| FSA Annuities | Online open market annuity rates |
| International Accounting Standards Board | News and full details of accounting standards issued by the IASB |
| Manual of actuarial practice | Actuarial guidance notes, including some older versions |
| National Association of Pension Funds | Site giving details of the NAPF's training courses, conferences, and news. |
| Savings, Pensions, Share Schemes: a "business stream" of HM Revenue & Customs | Formerly the PSO until 1st April 2001 |
| The Pensions Management Institute | Site providing information for pensions professionals |
| UK parliament publications search engine | Can search on words, dates, speaker's surname etc. |
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Government |
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| Link | Description |
| Tagish | Includes links to UK and world government, healthcare providers, embassies, universities etc |
| The Pensions Regulator - Stakeholder Pensions | Provides information on stakeholder pensions for employers, providers and individuals. |
| The Pensions Regulator - Stakeholder Pensions Decision Tree | Interactive pages on Stakeholder Pensions. |
| SPSS - Pension section | The pensions branch of the above site, including Pensions updates |
| Financial Services Authority | The FSA regulates the financial services industry. Site contains information, publications and advice. |
| HM Treasury | Including details of the Budget |
| Home Office | Including policy information, passport details etc. |
| Inland Revenue | Online versions of IR leaflets and other publications |
| Office for National Statistics | Including up-to-date press releases on RPI etc |
| Open UK government | The entry portal to all government sites |
| List of world governments | Links page |
| Acts of parliament | Every act since 1988 is available here. |
| Audit Commission | The commission's site with press releases and the news letters. |
| Bank of England | The latest news from the Bank along with the Quarterly Bulletins and MPC meeting minutes. |
| Data Protection Registry | A quick way to check if a scheme is registered. |
| Department for Work and Pensions | Formed from the Department of Social Security and the Department for Education and Employment. |
| Office of Public Sector Information | Provides a wide range of services to the public, information industry, government and the wider public sector relating to finding, using, sharing and trading information. |
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News |
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| Link | Description |
| BBC news | The online version of the BBC News |
| CNN | USA based, with editions for Europe and Asia |
| Find | Financial information net directory |
| FT | The Financial Times |
| Guardian | Guardian Unlimited, the online version of the newspaper |
| Independent | The Independent newspaper |
| ITN | Independent Television News |
| News Now | Site updated every five minutes with coverage of world news stories |
| Reuters | The news agency |
| Telegraph | Fully searchable archive from The Daily Telegraph |
| The Economist | Complementing the magazine |
| The Paperboy | Links to newspapers and magazines worldwide |
| The Times | Fully searchable archive from The Times |
| Weather forecasts | From the BBC |
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Reference |
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| Link | Description |
| Train timetables | Online version of rail enquiries (or phone 08457 484950) |
| StreepMap | On-line alternative to the A-Z |
| The Trainline.com | Books train tickets online |
| London Transport | Information on London's Tubes, Buses and other transport services |
| Mappy | Equivalent to the AA site for planning journeys in Europe |
| Railtrack | Railway Timetables within the UK |
| South West Trains | Has very up to date information on delays and cancellations |
| Royal Mail | Find an address from a postcode or a postcode from an address |
| Smooth Hound | Hotel and Guest House location service |
| YourDictionary.com | Online dictionary and thesaurus (US spelling though!) |
| BT Directory Enquiries | Just like the 192 version but you can print the results and it's free. You can also use the wildcards * and ?. |
| Thompsons local infomation | We recommend looking at the ACORN profile for interesting local statistics |
| Yellow Pages | Directory of phone numbers for businesses and services in the UK |
| The AA | Travel infomation and route planning |
| The Tube | Includes route planner and tickets cost for the London Underground |
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Investment |
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| Link | Description |
| FTSE.com | Includes archive of recent index values |
| GeoInvestor | Comprehensive links to financial information for many countries. This is a useful page. |
| Bond resources.com | Look up any US bond by term and view current yield |
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Exchange rates |
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| Link | Description |
| World currencies and abbreviations | A full listing of world currencies and their official names. |
| Exchange rate lookup | Covers most currencies, and allows historical data to be downloaded in csv format for use in Excel |
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General interest |
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| Link | Description |
| The Big Project | Links to just about everything you can think of |
| Symantec AntiVirus hoaxes | Giving information on how to deal with problematic email viruses. |
| WhatIs | Explanation of Computing Terms and Acronyms |
| Babel Fish | A translation service |
| CIA World Factbook | Maps, country profiles, history of the world etc. |
| How stuff works | The name says it all |
| FT Your Money | Personal financial service; the pensions bit includes a pensions and annuity calculator. |
| Giving money to charity | Advice for employers and individuals on how to give to charity in a tax efficient way |
| Dilbert jokes | Humour for the workplace. |
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