Category Archives: General Financial News
Broadening your investment horizons by limiting ‘home bias’
Many investors prefer familiar UK companies and UK-centric funds, a tendency known as ‘home bias’. [...]
Jul
UK dividends – looking positive?
In the first quarter of the year, dividend investors were rewarded, with payouts from UK [...]
Jul
Financial goals – keep focused
What motivates you most in life? According to a recent poll over half (56%) of [...]
Jul
Your financial future – looking ahead with hope
After a long, bleak winter and a rainy spring, summer not only brings hope [...]
Jul
Big changes to taxation of furnished holiday lets
The Chancellor also announced the abolition of the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) tax regime – [...]
Jul
IHT receipts and investigations on the rise
In the first ten months of the 2023/24 financial year, HMRC collected £6.3bn in IHT [...]
Jun
Time to gen up on AI scams
The advent and development of artificial intelligence (AI) is exciting and intriguing, and seems to [...]
Jun
Do you need to reassess your life insurance?
When was the last time you reviewed your life insurance policy? It might not be [...]
Jun
Child benefit shake up
Mr Hunt announced changes to address the unfairness in the current Child Benefit system. Previously, [...]
May
Taking sensible tax steps
As we get settled into the 2024/25 tax year, it’s the perfect time to reassess [...]
May