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Birthday treat

“Back in 2014, the pension I had with a well-known company was set to mature on my 60th birthday and I didn’t know what to do,” said Stuart Simons as he casts a loving glance towards his MGB GT Costello V8. “An independent financial adviser listed a number of financially unattractive options to me. Interest rates were on the floor at the time, and I wasn’t interested in the volatile stock market or property, so there didn’t seem to be anything practical or sensible to do with my retirement sum.”

Instead, he did what many car enthusiasts would choose to do in

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