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IHT receipts show fresh year-on-year rise
New data published today by HMRC shows that IHT receipts for April to August 2023 were £3.2 billion, which is £0.3 billion higher than the same period…
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Public finances continue to leave little wiggle room for chancellor
Danni Hewson, head of financial analysis at AJ Bell, comments on the latest UK public sector finances: “There’s little doubt the chancellor will be…
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Nationwide launches top of market £200 switching incentive and 8% regular saver
Nationwide is from today offering a top of market switching incentive – paying £200 to those who switch their current account to Britain’s…
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Government faces policy conundrum as IHT receipts on course to break new records
Rachael Griffin, tax and financial planning expert at Quilter comments on the HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions statistics, “IHT receipts…
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LiveMore unveils game-changing ‘counter-offer’ feature for brokers
LiveMore continues to make sourcing later life products simple for brokers by introducing ‘counter-offer’ to its later life platform. In an industry-first,…
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Average time it takes to sell a home falls by -8.1 days
Market analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, reveals that despite a cooling housing market, the time it takes to sell a home in…
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Higher bond yields create an attractive alternative to equities
Group CIO Dan Ivascyn discusses how fixed income has the potential to offer lower volatility, greater resilience, and better relative value to…
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Conveyancers urged to prepare for squeeze as mortgage costs climb to 85% of household income
Soaring mortgage costs mean that homeowners in Oxford could be paying as much as 85% of their household income on monthly repayments. …
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BNY Mellon Investment Management Launches Floating Rate Credit Fund
BNY Mellon Investment Management (BNY Mellon IM), one of the world’s largest asset managers with $1.9 trillion in assets under management, today…
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OnePlanetCapital Climate Change EIS Fund
Renew Risk, a London-based clean-energy risk analytics SaaS startup, raises £1.7M seed funding to improve the financing, planning and insurance for renewable…
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