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Wealth Knowledge – February 2021
- 5th February 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Wealth Knowledge
No CommentsAre major tax changes on hold until the autumn? Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to shelve plans to introduce tax rises in next month’s Spring Budget, according to reports. The Chancellor will deliver his second Budget on 3 March 2021 and his first since COVID-19 began to engulf the UK last March. Since then, the
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Is it time to get a pension review?
- 5th February 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Pension, Retirement
Time to take stock after recent market volatility. Pensions have come a long way in the last 20 years. Innovative products like stakeholder pensions have reduced costs, auto-enrolment has increased accessibility, and self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) have boosted investment choice. These advances have been tempered by regular tinkering with pension rules by various governments, sometimes
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Lockdowns fuel spike in divorce rates
- 4th February 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Separation and Divorce
Financial advice can help with the divorce process. The number of people seeking to divorce their spouses boomed last year, with many couples forced to spend long amounts of time with their partners during various coronavirus restrictions. Indeed, those googling Citizens’ Advice divorce guidance increased sharply since last April, during the first national lockdown, and