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Tax Day 2021
The Spring Budget on 3 March was not the end of the taxing story. The run up to the March Budget was accompanied by much press...


The twenty-year IHT freeze
The freeze on the inheritance tax (IHT) nil rate band will mean more tax from more estates. In March 2006 the then Chancellor, Gordon...


Inflation: at a turning point?
We could see a jump in inflation soon. The pandemic has posed problems for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) when it comes to...


UK interest rates quadruple in two months
The UK base rate may be stuck at 0.1%, but there is interest rate movement elsewhere. The Bank of England has kept its base rate below 1%...


Global dividends in 2020
A recent report showed that global dividend payments held up much better than those in the UK in 2020. For investors in UK shares and...


Pensions lifetime allowance devaluation continues
The Budget announced a five-year freeze to the standard lifetime allowance. The standard lifetime allowance (SLA) is an important...
ESG comes into its own
Three letters, ESG, have become a major driving force in investment decisions. ESG – environmental, social and governance –...


Were you born after 5 April 1971?
A new consultation paper has set out more details of an increase in the normal minimum retirement age. In February the Treasury and HMRC...


Interest rates double since March 2020
No, the headline is not wrong... Interest rates matter. At the personal finance end of the spectrum, they determine what you earn from...


Four financial lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
As the pandemic enters its second year, what have we learned? The World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic on 11 March...
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