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Homes Under The Hammer
Homes Under The Hammer usually ends with someone making a tidy profit. Before long, that someone could be the Treasury. But this isn’t...
Oct 8


Why Does It Always Rayn on ’Er?
With the Budget fast approaching and rumours swirling about new taxes on rental income and even capital gains on main residences, Angela...
Sep 4


‘Quid Game
Welcome to ‘Quid Game - the pension inheritance tax edition. Like the cult Netflix series, this is a high-stakes elimination contest...
Jul 31


Pension IHT: It’s Official
After months of consultation and speculation, the government has finally published the draft legislation for bringing pension wealth into...
Jul 31


Spring Forecast - Cloudy With A Chance Of Pain
With the Chancellor due to deliver the Spring Statement this afternoon, there’s one thing we can be fairly sure of – it won’t be a full...
Mar 26


Will You Still Need Me, When I'm 64 (%)
The government’s plan to tax pensions on death could leave beneficiaries facing a combined tax rate of up to 64% is certainly causing...
Mar 17


Hidden In Plain Sight
As the tax year draws to a close, it’s worth taking a moment to consider how interest and other forms of savings income are taxed and...
Mar 7


Budget Reaction: Trick or Treat?
On this Halloween, the streets are filled with tricksters as a bright orange pumpkin adorns every doorstep - but enough about Donald...
Oct 31, 2024


Keep Kamala and Carry On
While UK investors are busily contemplating what the upcoming Budget might do to markets, perhaps they should be more concerned with the...
Oct 28, 2024


A 100 Year Life
In one week, I’ll be turning 50. Coincidentally, or perhaps serendipitously, I attended a seminar last week where Aegon delivered a...
Oct 24, 2024


Budget Predictions - Silence Of The Plans
Daily Mail 30.10.2024 - Keir Starmer Plans to Eat Your Tax-Free Cash… With Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti! Yes, Labour has made it clear...
Oct 20, 2024


The Rash Dash For Tax Free Cash
Is your pension's tax-free cash under threat? If recent Budget rumours are to be believed, you might think so. Budget rumours are usually...
Oct 18, 2024


The Great British Budget
A British ISA, a British Bond and a promise to make Britain the next Silicon Valley. Not quite MAGA, more like PUKKA...Pretend UK's Kool...
Mar 6, 2024


Non-Dom Tax Gone?
There's been a lot of talk lately about the future of non-domiciled (non-dom) tax status in the UK. Labour have previously pledged to...
Mar 4, 2024


Look, Don't Leap
Mark Twain once said that “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” Well Leap Day this year has some interesting parallels...
Feb 29, 2024


Last Spin Of The Wheel
Next week marks what is likely to be this Government's final Budget before the upcoming General Election. The question on everyone's mind...
Feb 28, 2024


Blackberry Jam's On Apple's Juice
Some investors attribute the Magnificent 7 stocks’ dominance to a “winner-take-all” environment in which a handful of companies achieve...
Feb 14, 2024


market #intelliGENce Feb '24
A detailed analysis of what's been moving markets over the last month In a nutshell The FED, BOE and ECB all stand firm Eurozone GDP...
Feb 6, 2024


Tax Free Double's Just Toil & Trouble
A newly identified loophole has surfaced in the new Lifetime Allowance legislation and it was doing the rounds in the financial press...
Feb 5, 2024


Lock, Shock and Triple Barrel
The triple lock is about to increase the State Pension by 8.5%, at a time a new report claims the State Pension Age will need to hit 71...
Jan 29, 2024
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