£9bn of wasted tax this year
The latest Tax Action report from Unbiased.co.uk has found that we collectively waste £9 billion in unnecessary tax payments this year.
Making sure your Financial Planning Manager is properly qualified
Mar 10, 2010
As a firm of Chartered Financial Planners, and with quite a few of our team holding the international designation of Certified Financial Planner (CFP) professional, you can imagine that we are justifiably proud to carry the Financial Planner label.
From Stability to Financial Crisis and Back?
Mar 9, 2010
Delivering an interesting speech on monetary policy in London today, Kate Barker shared some important lessons from her nine years as an external member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
ISA confusion and ISA understanding
Mar 9, 2010
Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) are often misunderstood. The rules surrounding ISAs have changed several times since their introduction in April 1999. It’s little surprise that many people are confused by the ISA rules and benefits.
Market numbers: Friday 5th March 2010
Mar 6, 2010
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,599.76, up 72.60 points or +1.31% on the day and up 245.24 points (+4.58%) over the week.
Being born on the wrong day could cost some ladies dearly
Mar 6, 2010
Some new research suggests that over 100,000 women could miss out on thousands of pounds in retirement because they were born just a day too early to benefit from pension rule changes.
An important change to the anti-forestalling measures
Mar 3, 2010
The anti-forestalling measures introduced and then updated last year, restricting higher rate income tax relief on pension contributions, have been updated again.
Market numbers: Friday 26th February 2010
Feb 26, 2010
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,354.52, up 76.30 points or +1.45% on the day and down 3.65 points (-0.07%) over the week.
Big fines and bad advice
Feb 26, 2010
We had a tentative enquiry from a prospective client yesterday who asked if FSA authorisation and regulation was “a voluntary thing”. It is absolutely not!
Between a Rock and a hard place
Feb 25, 2010
The unlimited savings guarantee at Northern Rock will finish on 24th May 2010. After this date, savers with Northern Rock will fall back on the terms of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), should the bank go bust.
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