With individual investors now exposed to direct marketing of some products, the UK financial regulator has spelled out which parts of the personal investment market it is most worried about.... read more →
National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has announced interest rate cuts to most of its products. If NS&I did not exist, it is hard to imagine that it would be invented... read more →
UK shares produced a double digit increase in dividends over 2019. Over the year, the total paid out in dividends by UK listed companies rose by 10.7% according to the... read more →
The government has published the revised level of state pensions and other benefits for 2020/21. But Britain remains last in the state pension league table. In April 2020, the new... read more →
The new National Insurance Contributions (NICs) scales for 2020/21 were announced ahead of March’s Budget, with one slight surprise hidden in the numbers. Are NICs a tax? Over many years,... read more →
What do you remember about the 2010s? A decade is a long time and a lot happens, but important details can be lost in the big headline moments. The one... read more →
The National Living Wage (NLW) rises by over 6% in April. The 6.2% increase to £8.72 an hour equates to £15,870 a year based on a 35-hour week. The substantial... read more →
The clock is ticking on using up your pension annual allowance The allowance effectively sets the maximum pension contributions from all sources (including your employer) on which you may be... read more →
In early January Chancellor announced a new Budget date: 11 March 2020. This could be a significant Budget. Traditionally, the first Budget of a new Parliament is when the Chancellor... read more →
The world’s share markets enjoyed strong rises in 2019. 2019 was a very different year for investors from 2018. Whereas 2018 saw a pattern of losses across all major markets,... read more →
