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The case of the missing Budget
- 15th November 2019
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Autumn Statement
No CommentsThe case of the missing Budget Introduction It’s been an eventful few years in British politics, but 2019 has been something else again with one jolt after another. The 29 March deadline for the UK to leave the EU was extended to 31 October and then again until 31 January 2020. Boris Johnson replaced Theresa
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Wealth Knowledge – November 2019
- 8th November 2019
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Wealth Knowledge
Wealth Knowledge – November 2019 HMRC reveals surge in the number of pension allowance breaches Substantially more pensioners were taxed for exceeding the pensions annual allowance in 2017/18 than the previous year. New statistics from HMRC reveal that 26,550 people had pension contributions that exceeded the £40,000 annual allowance last year – up from 18,500
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The dangers posed by pension scams
- 6th November 2019
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Pension
The dangers posed by pension scams Getting to grips with the warning signs. Cold calls, time-limited offers and claims of guaranteed returns are among the tactics being used to tempt pension savers into risking their retirement income. Fraudsters have been deploying these tactics, and tweaking them to get around legislation along the way, ever since
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Diversifying your savings
- 5th November 2019
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Savings & ISAs
Diversifying your savings Reduce risk with a mix of savings and investments. Diversification is such a commonly-used term in relation to savings and investments that it can sound like a buzzword, but the basic idea behind it is simple enough. It’s the practice of making a variety of investments in order to reduce the overall