Page 60 • The HERALD • 18th April 2024 v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v ASK A PROFESSIONAL 10 Years – Feels Like Yesterday by Michael Osman, Oyster Financial Planning “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle” a quote from Steve Jobs. For me the last 10 years since our business Oyster was created, starting in Hythe Marina, have own by because I am lucky enough to love what we do. Earning a living, essentially helping local people to manage and understand their nancial position especially in the area I live in and was born in has been great. Having advised and helped clients since I started 27 years ago with Standard Life, I have managed to learn what people need to really understand where they are in their lives nancially and where they are heading in the future. When the opportunity to do my own thing in 2014 came along I jumped at the chance to continue my career a er 17 years and set up a Lifestyle Financial Planning business in the SO45 area I was born and grew up in. I have loved it ever since and time has own by. Helping local people gain a real insight into to what all their earnings, borrowing, pensions, mortgage, investments and lifestyle costs all mean now and in the short, medium and long-term. Our business has grown amazingly well, all organically, from word of mouth, clients who have seen how we work and how it can help them get Con dence, Peace of Mind and Reassurance in their nancial life, sharing their experiences with friends and family. Moving from the Marina in 2019 and buying our current home in the heart of Hythe village has been a great move. As well as clients, new and existing, so many people walk past, wave and pop in to say hello and stroke our little guard dog, Norma Jean. It’s a great area we live in and we love doing what we do here and hope to for many years to come! A huge thank you to my wife and business partner Donna and to our friend and Paraplanner Lisa Elkins for all of their help to make Oyster run so e ciently and nally a huge thanks to all of our clients for helping us all love the work we do helping you! If you need some help understanding the bigger picture about what your nancial jigsaw looks like, then why not pop in for a chat and a co ee and see how Oyster can help you! Call: 023 8084 8410 or email: michael@ oyster nancialplanning.co.uk Michael Osman, Oyster Financial Planning
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