Special offers for Christmas!!

Doctor Cook Saucepan set – reduced from £79 to £64 (save £15) – limited availability

Perfect for people who love to cook but need some extra help to lift the saucepans.

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Healthy Back Bags in gorgeous black or brown leather – now only £99!

Perfect for the stylish woman who knows the value of looking after her back.

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Travel Notes – reduced to £6.99

A pocket size present at a pocket sized price which is perfect for the keen traveller

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Family Document File – now only £6.99

Perfect for organising every family’s important documents

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Complete Beauty Bathing Set – now under £50

Give someone the gift of easy bathing this Christmas

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Outdoor Pour and Store Watering Can

The perfect present for the keen gardener. Easy storage too.

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Gel-E Weeder – reduced to £7.99 – limited availability

This nifty weeder will help any gardener tidy their plot. And its blue tint helps it stand out in the garden making it more difficult to lose!

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And finally, get two of our signature double handled mugs for £20 (a saving of £10!)

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But hurry, limited stock on some lines!

Win a handmade double handled teapot!!

By popular demand, we are giving you the chance to win one of our lovely handmade double handled teapots which was featured in Design Week.

Brimming with character, this teapot, made especially for The Future Perfect Company by Reckless Designs, has a useful second handle by the spout, making it easier to pour.  Designed to complement the double handled mugs made by the same potter, this teapot is hand made and hand painted, making every one unique.

Just buy any of our products between now and Christmas eve and we will automatically enter you into a draw to win a teapot. Simple. And best of luck!

Terms and conditions apply.

20% off all Green People organic skincare products!!

Welcome to our Summer sale where we are offering 20% off all Green People skincare products.

“Lasting Powers of Attorney are like home insurance – you hope they will never be needed but when they are, they make life easier”

David Edwards is a partner with Burt Brill & Cardens and an expert in Wills, LPAs and protecting family wealth. Customers of The Future Perfect Company can benefit from 10% off normal rates by emailing medwards@bbc-law.co.uk and quoting this website.

Reaching 50 is a milestone for many people. It is often the point at which an individual starts to notice the aging process and often around this time that parents and other relatives reach an age where they need help or at least want to be sure that the procedures for getting help have been put in place.

Family and friends can provide a great deal of care and support but it is best to have all the legal paperwork in place so that if a more proactive role is required, the necessary arrangements can be made.

First of all, an up to date Will saves all sorts of difficulties after death.

Next up is a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). This sounds complicated but the idea behind it is simple. It is a legal document that allows you to name one or more people to do things for you if you are unwilling or unable to do them yourself.

For many individuals there comes a time when the business of paying bills, organising savings, keeping up with investments either becomes too much or, through failing mental health, simply impossible.

The person or persons named in the LPA can then take over and deal with things on behalf of the parent or relative or other elderly person.

There are some rules, including:

The person creating the LPA (the donor) must do so at a time when they are fully mentally capable. So make sure you have the LPA in place before it is needed.

The person or persons named must act in the interests of the donor. Only appoint someone you can trust without reservation. The supervision of the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is limited unless there are formal complaints and even then the OPG can appear very reluctant to take decisive action. If you do not have any suitable family or friends,  then a professional person, such as a solicitor, may agree to undertake this role for you. In that case, you are protected by strict professional conduct rules as well as insurance.

The LPA must be registered at the OPG before it is used. Again plan ahead, not least because the OPG is currently taking up to 14 weeks to complete this process, quite apart from worrying stories about LPAs being lost by the OPG during the registration process. All the more reason to get the LPA set up well before there is a chance it will be needed.

You need one LPA to deal with money and property and one to deal with personal welfare issues.

You can impose conditions and restrictions in them. If you are tempted to do that,  then take advice as sometimes you will find that what seems a sensible restriction actually produces real problems.

LPAs are a bit like your home insurance; you hope they will not be needed, many are never used but when they are they make life very much easier.

Finally what happens if it is too late for an LPA?

There is a solution, although it is more expensive, slower and more bureaucratic. It is to apply to the Court of Protection for the appointment of a Deputy for the elderly person who is no longer mentally capable. The application process requires a medical report and detailed information about the elderly person, their assets and family. Once the Deputy is appointed there are much more rigorous accounting and reporting processes as well as ongoing Court fees if there are substantial assets involved.

Don’t forget this is general comment; you should take legal advice relevant for your circumstances before acting – or deciding not to act.

And the winner is…..

Pleased to say that we have picked a winner for our mailing list prize draw and one of our lovely doubled handled teapots from Reckless Designs is winging is way to South Wales as we speak (funnily enough only 20 miles or so from where it was made in the Forest of Dean!).

Thanks to all of you who entered. If you were disappointed not to have won this time, you can always buy the teapot now and take advantage of free delivery until 20 June.

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Last few days for Healthy Back Bag Offer!!

We have got together with The Healthy Back Bag Company to offer you a free Baglett with every Healthy Back Bag you buy from us from today until 15 May 2010.

This mini version (20.5 x 11.5 x 9cm) of The Healthy Back Bag is truly smart, functional and fun whether worn alone or clipped inside its larger counterpart.

How to claim:

This promotion entitles anyone purchasing a Healthy Back Bag from us to one free microfibre or distressed nylon baglett (as described below). Only available colours within the microfibre or distressed nylon baglett ranges will be given away free as part of the promotional offer. Promotional bagletts as follows: MICROFIBRE Black, Eggplant, Flamingo, Midnight Blue, Red, Sea Moss, Taupe, Lemongrass, Mauve, Chocolate, Hunter Green, Graphite, Burnt Coral. DISTRESSED NYLON Black, Burnt Orange, Brown, Crimson, Desert, Electric Blue, Purple, Sage, Strawberry, Taupe. The Healthy Back Bag Company reserves the right to supply any of the bagletts as described above as part of the promotion depending upon availability. The promotion is limited to one baglett per purchase and is open to UK, CI, IOM and ROI residents only until midnight 15 May 2010

To obtain your free baglett: Purchase any Healthy Back Bag from us and send a copy of your receipt showing details of purchase to: Baglett Offer, The Healthy Back Bag Company, 90 De Beauvoir Rd. London N1 4EN. Indicate where you saw the promotion advertised. Please allow up to 10 days for delivery from submission of order. The Healthy Back Bag Company reserves the right to rescind an order where they believe it has been made fraudulently or not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

Win a double handled teapot from Reckless Designs!

As an incentive to join our mailing list at www.thefutureperfectcompany.com , we will put you in a draw to win one of our lovely double handled teapots by potters, Reckless Designs, as featured in Design Week. How can you resist?!

Conditions apply.

Free Baglett when you buy a Healthy Back Bag!

We have got together with The Healthy Back Bag Company to offer you a free Baglett with every Healthy Back Bag you buy from us from today until 15 May 2010.

This mini version (20.5 x 11.5 x 9cm) of The Healthy Back Bag is truly smart, functional and fun whether worn alone or clipped inside its larger counterpart.

How to claim:

This promotion entitles anyone purchasing a Healthy Back Bag from us to one free microfibre or distressed nylon baglett (as described below). Only available colours within the microfibre or distressed nylon baglett ranges will be given away free as part of the promotional offer. Promotional bagletts as follows: MICROFIBRE Black, Eggplant, Flamingo, Midnight Blue, Red, Sea Moss, Taupe, Lemongrass, Mauve, Chocolate, Hunter Green, Graphite, Burnt Coral. DISTRESSED NYLON Black, Burnt Orange, Brown, Crimson, Desert, Electric Blue, Purple, Sage, Strawberry, Taupe. The Healthy Back Bag Company reserves the right to supply any of the bagletts as described above as part of the promotion depending upon availability. The promotion is limited to one baglett per purchase and is open to UK, CI, IOM and ROI residents only until midnight 15 May 2010

To obtain your free baglett: Purchase any Healthy Back Bag from us and send a copy of your receipt showing details of purchase to: Baglett Offer, The Healthy Back Bag Company, 90 De Beauvoir Rd. London N1 4EN. Indicate where you saw the promotion advertised. Please allow up to 10 days for delivery from submission of order. The Healthy Back Bag Company reserves the right to rescind an order where they believe it has been made fraudulently or not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

New competition in Prizes Galore!

We are running a competition with Prizes Galore to win one of our lovely Pamper Boxes. A lovely gift for Mothers Day, this high quality gift box with magnetic fastener contains angora bed socks from The Wool Company, Weekend Pamper Gift set from Green People and one of our signature doubled handed mugs from Reckless Designs.

If you order by phone on 0845 680 8038, we can add a handwritten gift tag from the Rachel Goodchild range.

Win a Pamper Box!

We have teamed up with http://www.sixtyplusurfers.co.uk/ to give away 2 Pamper Boxes. Have a go and good luck!