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Employers see the writing on the wall for pensions salary sacrifice schemes
Over 90% of employers think that the chancellor will place restrictions on pensions salary sacrifice schemes at the upco…
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Estate planning should be a family-wide conversation: are unused pensions the catalyst many needed to start the process?
Written by Caroline Foulger, Partner at Hunters Law LLP Inheritance Tax has never been straightforward, yet many refer…
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How long does it really take to save for a house deposit in the UK?
New industry data has revealed that the number of low-deposit mortgages available have risen to their highest level sinc…
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UK inflation remains stubbornly high, holding at 3.8%: industry experts react
UK inflation held at 3.8% in August, underlining the Bank of England’s policy dilemma. While some MPC members argue weak…
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Here we go again – pre-budget insights from IFGL Pensions’ Steve Berridge
As speculation swirls ahead of the November Budget, with pensions once again appearing to be in the Chancellor’s crossha…
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Real Estate industry gets first property focussed digital automated AML platform
The real estate industry’s first property-focussed Anti Money Laundering (AML) digital platform has been launched by ind…
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AJ Bell: State pension set for 4.7% inflation-busting rise as July earnings raise questions over triple lock sustainability
UK state pensions set for boost as latest ONS figures show 4.7% earnings growth, with the triple lock likely to lift the…
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Advisers’ role in fraud prevention by guiding clients through the threat of cloning scams | Damian Davies, The Timebank
Business and Development, Exclusives
Cloning scams are now the biggest fraud threat to investors, with £2.7m lost in late 2024. The IA is urging vigilance, w…
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Inflation holds for now at 3.8%: mortgage and property professionals respond
Economy, Mortgage and Property
With inflation stuck at 3.8%, households remain under pressure – but there are signs the peak may have passed. For would…
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Weight-loss drugs: a breakthrough the protection industry can’t ignore
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With 1.5m Britons now using injections to lose weight and a further NHS rollout on the cards, we must consider their pot…
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Advisers must consider trusts ahead of looming tax storm
By Debbie Lumsden, private client director at VG As we begin 2022 with Covid-19 continuing to cause widespread disruption and economic uncertainty,…
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Risk v return: as Covid-19 enters the endemic phase, how can advisers support their more risk-averse clients’ needs for investment returns that can satisfy not only their objectives but also their risk tolerance levels?
It was only a matter of weeks ago, in late November 2021 when the World Health Organisation (WHO) designated the latest Covid-19…
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Friday newspaper round-up: Baltic Dry Index, BT Group, Unilever
In times of market dislocation, it rises sharply to reflect the difficulties in transporting goods – and during the pandemic it has…
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UK retail sales slump 3.7% in December as Omicron hits footfall
UK retail sales fell a worse-than-expected 3.7% in December from November as people completed their Christmas shopping earlier and the Omicron Covid…
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UK retail sales slump 3.7% in December
UK retail sales fell a worse-than-expected 3.7% in December from November as people completed their Christmas shopping earlier and the Omicron Covid…
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Mounting cost of living undermines UK consumer confidence – GfK
Consumer confidence in the UK weakened in January, a survey showed on Friday, as concerns about the rising cost of living mounted.…
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LCP’s Steve Webb: Committee report shows DWP ‘failing to learn lessons’ from state pension underpayment ‘debacle’
On Friday the Public Accounts Committee will issue its report into state pension underpayments. DWP estimate that around 135,000 people (overwhelmingly women)…
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Britain’s most and least affordable areas to live
Nationwide Building Society’s Local Affordability Report London borough of Kensington and Chelsea least affordable; East Ayrshire in Scotland remains most affordable North…
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Britishvolt powers ahead with plans to build transformational UK battery Gigaplant to meet EV demand
EV battery pioneer, Britishvolt, the UK’s foremost investor in battery cell technologies and associated R&D to develop homegrown intellectual property, is powering…
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VCTs bounced back last tax year, and are set to boom
£668 million of VCT shares were issued in 2020/21, up 4% from a year earlier, and almost double the amount raised in…