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Your retirement: flexible options

Approaching your retirement, there are a number of options for you to consider if you don't want to retire from working life completely. This page provides you with a selection of books, articles and links to help you explore and evaluate your options.

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eBooks

The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides full text access to a selection of key business and reference eBooks from leading publishers. eBooks are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our Help and support advice or contact library@icaew.com.
Exclusive Good retirement guide 2024: everything you need to know about health, property, investment, leisure, work, pensions and tax
  • eBook
  • 2024
  • Jonquil Lowe
  • Kogan Page
Contains information, suggestions and advice on all aspects of retirement and beyond.
Exclusive Rattiner's secrets of financial planning : from running your practice to optimizing your client's experience
  • eBook
  • 2020
  • Jeffrey H. Rattiner
  • Wiley
Financial planning involves everything from determining the client's financial position, cash flow, and investment strategies, to income tax planning, risk management, insurance, and retirement and estate planning. Financial planners and advisors are responsible for recommendations and decisions that help people define and achieve their financial goals.
Exclusive Financial Times guide to saving and investing for retirement: the definitive handbook to securing your financial future
  • eBook
  • 2016
  • Yoram Lustig
  • FT Publishing International
This title provides everything you need to know about how to save and invest so that you can successfully plan for your retirement. It contains information on taxes, ISAs, pensions, investing across different assets and buying property
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Online articles

The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.
Exclusive Recruiting older workers
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • Ken Dychtwald, Robert Morison, Katy Terveer
It's time for a new deal between employers and older workers, say the authors. They give advice for employers on how to hire, retain and engage older and retired workers, resulting in mutually productive employment matches. They also take a look at the value of older workers and bust some of the most prevalent myths about their working styles.
Exclusive When you're too old for an internship
  • Article
  • 27 Jun 2022
  • Arianne Cohen
Why more retirees in the US are opting for 'returnships', temporary or flexible gigs that keep them engaged. Companies benefit too, by gaining experienced workers who can be hired as and when needed.
Exclusive Establish your side hustle
  • Article
  • 01 May 2019
  • Dorie Clark
Article offering guidance for professional employees on how to establish a side hustle.
Exclusive Considering consulting? Ask these questions first
  • Article
  • 01 Jan 2019
  • Beth A.Berk, Dawn Wotapka
Advice for accountants considering independent consulting as the next stage in their career.
Exclusive Build a portfolio career
  • Article
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • Ryan Herman
Article on the role of the non-executive director and how it can form part of a portfolio life. Provides advice for those looking to become a non-executive director including how to gain suitable experience.
Exclusive Position yourself for the best flex work
  • Article
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • Kathryn Sollmann
Discusses how older workers can be 'flexibly retired' by staying on in a more flexible work arrangement and phasing their retirement over time. Includes practical advice on how to be successful in the flexible work market.
Exclusive Are there good jobs in the gig economy?
  • Article
  • 01 Jul 2018
  • Nicole Torres
With a growing number of US workers earning a living as independent contractors, freelancers and temps, the author discusses the rise of the 'gig economy'. The flexibility and financial gains on offer are discussed together with possible trade-offs.
Exclusive Embracing the new world of work
  • Article
  • 01 Jun 2018
  • John M.Lewin
Five trends are transforming the work of accountants, presenting new challenges and opportunities for those who can adapt.
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Articles and books in the ICAEW Library collection

The collection of the ICAEW Library & Information Service includes a collection of articles and books on retirement. Use the links below to see what we have available to request in our Library catalogue (Libcat).
Pension magic: how to make the taxman pay for your retirement, 2024/25
  • Library book
  • 2024
  • N. Braun
  • Taxcafe UK
This book 'shows you how to build a big retirement pot by claiming thousands of pounds of extra tax relief on your pension contributions'. Includes sections on pension contribution rules, pension freedom rules, pensions v ISAs, higher-rate taxpayers, auto-enrolment, salary sacrifice pensions, company directors, family pension planning and pension planning for the self-employed and property investors.
Retirement planning expert 2023
  • Library book
  • 2023
  • A.E.Smith
  • Quartertoten
Straightforward, practical and easy to understand information - hundreds of hints and tips to help adapt, thrive and achieve a better lifestyle in retirement.

Find more articles and books

To find out how you can borrow books from the Library please see our guide to borrowing books.

You can obtain copies of articles or extracts of books and reports through our document supply service.

External resources

Accounting for International Development (AfID)
  • Website
  • AfID
Voluntary organisation which offers qualified accountants the opportunity to use their professional skills during voluntary international placements. Assignments of between 2 weeks and 12 months form part of an ongoing strategy to build the financial management capacity and long-term sustainability of non-profit organisations around the world.
caba: approaching and enjoying retirement
  • Website
  • caba
Tips and advice from the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association on preparing for and managing your retirement.
Deferring your State Pension
  • Website
  • GOV.UK
Information from Gov.uk with guidance on the options available and how to defer.
ICAEW Volunteers
  • Website
  • ICAEW
Search the ICAEW volunteering website for current volunteering opportunities.
Looking for work
  • Website
  • Age UK
This section on the Age UK website brings together useful advice on finding work and volunteering opportunities as well as starting your own business and CV writing for over 50s.
Reach Volunteering
  • Website
  • Reach
Reach is a skilled volunteering charity which matches qualified professionals with suitable voluntary opportunities that will utilise their career skills. The site includes information on how to become a Reach volunteer. You need to register to see a list of volunteer opportunities available. The charity also runs TrusteeWorks which helps skilled professionals to find challenging and rewarding trustee opportunities.
Volunteering in retirement
  • Website
  • Joseph Rowntree Foundation
A 2005 report by Justin Davis Smith and Pat Gray of the Institute for Volunteering Research, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The report examines the role of retired volunteers in our aging society.
VSO volunteer
  • Website
  • VSO
The voluntary services organisation website with information on how to volunteer and the opportunities available for qualified professionals. Volunteer placements are available for overseas jobs.
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