Category: Economy & Uncategorized
The Chancellor may have gone for the popular phrase from Chancellors of yore by taking âa penny off a pintâ, but what were the real big announcements during The Budget 2014? We summarise the 8 main points:
Category: Economy & Uncategorized
George Osborne opened his 2014 Budget announcement by proclaiming that his party would be announcing a Budget for âmakers, doers and saversâ, but what did he actually go on to announce that would benefit those three distinct groups? We took a look at the Chancellorâs speech and picked out the highlights for each.
Category: Economy & Market commentary & Uncategorized
We started last monthâs bulletin in the Crimea, with Russian troops in de facto control of the peninsula. Well, the Crimea is now part of Russia again and the collected denunciations and threatened sanctions of William Hague, John Kerry and the European foreign ministers will do nothing to change that.
Category: Investments & Lifestyle & retirement & Uncategorized
âProperty rich, cash poorâ has been the lament of thousands of older people for a very long time â and equity release originally came into being to address this concern.
Category: Uncategorized
Hopefully you donât keep all of your savings stuffed in or under the mattress of your bed but if you do happen to keep a ârainy dayâ store of ÂŁ50 notes, you had better check your bed linen, otherwise you may find that the value of your assets suddenly goes down in the not too distant future!
Category: Uncategorized
The current generation of 25 to 36 years olds, the traditional age group for first-time buyers, are split into âproperty havesâ and âproperty have-notsâ. These young adults can expect their current circumstances to have a significant effect on their future property purchases and those of their children, according to a report from HSBC. The headline statements are:
