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Is retiring to the sun still possible?
- 1st November 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Pension, Retirement
No CommentsOr has Brexit dashed the dream? Some of us have had enough of the inclement weather in the UK, and dream of retiring somewhere warm and sunny. We often talk about it for years, fed up with the same old routine, the same journey to work, the same things at work, and a desire to
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Autumn Budget 2021
- 28th October 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Autumn Statement
INTRODUCTION “Today’s Budget does not draw a line under COVID-19; we have challenging months ahead”, said Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Chancellor Rishi Sunak resisted temptation to raise taxes to start paying for the emergency support schemes that kept so many businesses afloat during the pandemic in 2020/21. Instead, Sunak continues to bask in the warm glow
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Wealth Knowledge – October 2021
- 6th October 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Wealth Knowledge
Curtain comes down on stamp duty land tax holiday The stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland has ended, more than 14 months after it first came into effect. The tax break saw buyers who purchased residential properties for £500,000 or less pay no stamp duty until 30 June 2021, although landlords still had
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Can you move your mortgage?
- 5th October 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Mortgages
Options for those who have found their next home. If you are in a position to upsize or pay off more of an existing mortgage, make sure you understand the small print first. One might expect the property market to dampen considerably now the stamp duty holiday has ended. But while the number of transactions
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Corporate Financial Planning
- 1st October 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Small Business
Key financial considerations for employers. The lengthening list of rules and regulations involved with running a small business can take its toll on those in charge – even more so if you employ members of staff. First, you need to ensure the business gets paid on time, every time, and ideally that it makes a
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Wealth Knowledge – September 2021
- 2nd September 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Wealth Knowledge
Stamp duty land tax holiday fuelled equity release spike Homeowners released £1.17 billion of property wealth between April and June 2021, said the Equity Release Council (ERC). Tax savings on offer from the stamp duty holiday are thought to have spurred on over-55s to help their children get onto the property ladder. The ERC said
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Self-employed pension options
- 1st September 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Pension
The three main types and muddied waters. Many workers find self-employment to be a liberating change of pace from the grind of working for someone else. There are a great number of challenges involved with being your own boss, however, one of them being pensions. In fact, many self-employed people aren’t getting their retirement plan
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How much risk are you happy with?
- 1st September 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Investment
The role of risk recommending investment products. From buying a house to booking a holiday, and a wide range of other examples in between, most decisions we make contain varying degrees of risk. Take COVID-19, for example. Some people refused to entertain the idea of wearing a mask from the start of the pandemic, while
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Wealth Knowledge – August 2021
- 4th August 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Wealth Knowledge
Lower stamp duty land tax threshold in place until October The stamp duty land tax-free threshold in England and Northern Ireland reduced last month, as the tax holiday introduced in July 2020 began to be phased out. The first cliff edge for residential property buyers came and went on 30 June 2021, marking the end
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Tax incentives to get married
- 3rd August 2021
- Posted by: shayne
- Category: Family, Financial Planning
The tax breaks that become available when you wed. It’s wedding season and as the chime of church bells becomes more common again after months of lockdown, married couples will be pleased to learn that there’s more than just love in the air when you get married. That’s because tying the knot can come with