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No Limits!!
Monday 20th March 2023
The Budget Well not quite as only one of the limits on Pensions i.e. how much you can have in a pension fund, without paying extra tax, called the Lifetime Allowance…
Cautious optimism?
Friday 3rd February 2023
The unusual aspect of 2022 (first time in 30 years) is that both fixed interest investments, such as Government Gilts, and shares fell in tandem, when usually they counteract each…
Autumn Statement
Tuesday 22nd November 2022
After the mini budget in September, the autumn statement last week from Chancellor Hunt achieved two aims of reassuring markets, by way of showing fiscal responsibility, and raising funds. It…
Charity Update: First Steps Bath
Friday 18th November 2022
With winter just around the corner and the cost of living crisis getting worse, we thought it was timely to reaffirm our support for our chosen charity, First Steps Bath. …
It's not what you do, it's what you say!!
Friday 11th November 2022
What a contrast as we are used to "action speaking louder than words" being the mantra and yet last week the opposite was true of the UK and US Central…
A shot in the foot!!
Saturday 1st October 2022
It's hard to work out why there was a need to push the extra unexpected tax cuts in the recent mini budget as our new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, seems…
Please Stop Spending!
Friday 2nd September 2022
There's been a considerable amount of doom and gloom, particularly about the UK economy, inflation, and interest rates with what seems to be a "Top Trumps" scenario of ever-increasing predictions…
Legacy
Friday 15th July 2022
We have all seen the unfortunate passing away of Dame Deborah James, all too soon at 40, who will be remembered as the "Bowelbabe" bringing awareness and raising £7 million…
The beginning of the end?
Wednesday 8th June 2022
It's been a very mixed few weeks culminating in the Jubilee weekend which we hope you enjoyed. It proves parties still go on, but with a bit more decorum than…
Spring forward
Wednesday 6th April 2022
As the clocks gained their hour we thought of Spring and what progress or possible lack of it has been made through March. Stock Markets Stock Markets indeed "sprung" forward…
Over a barrel . . .
Monday 14th March 2022
Putin felt the cards were all in his favour and he had the West "over a barrel," because he thought it was disjointed and would be weak and indecisive in…
A VERY FAST MOVING SITUATION . . .
Monday 28th February 2022
The rapid change in the Ukraine situation has meant any bulletin becomes out of date as soon as it is written. Indeed this was the case, as we started to write…
