February 2023 - Philip J Milton & Company Plc

It’s never too early to save for the next generation

With fears about the cost of living and the potential worry of how your children or grandchildren might secure a foot on the property ladder, it is never too early to start saving for the next generation. Traditionally it was to start a savings account and pay a bit in regularly but there are a...

Spring investments

Spring is in the air! It’s really lovely to see the days drawing-out and some sunshine back. Snowdrops have been lovely this year and the daffodils and other bulbs will be out soon. It’s a year now since Russia invaded Ukraine and we can but hope and pray that something resolves soon over that...

Careful investment and risk

How awful the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria is. Our prayers and hopefully support go out to those devastated communities not only facing what they have lost but also at a bitterly cold part of the year and for Syria, already reeling from the Civil War there and not recovered. So...

Capital Gains Tax window is almost closed

Time is running out for anyone who wants to make use of the current £12,300 Capital Gains Tax allowance before it plummets to £6,000 at the start of the new tax year this April and then to just £3,000 from April 2024. CGT is a tax on the profit a person makes when they sell...