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What will Inheritance Tax changes mean for farmers and the rest of us?

Farming is a huge part of life for many here in North Devon and there is growing concern at the Government’s decision to change Inheritance Tax rules for farmers (and others in business). Shortly we shall be writing to clients to clarify some of the changes in the recent Budget from Chancellor Rachel Reeves and...

Citywire Top 100, Budget and MIGO

Thank you Citywire again for the honour of being on the ‘Top 100 Financial Advisers’ list this year! We are very humbled. Top 100 2024: See the penultimate list of fantastic firms Whilst the photo Citywire uses still shows me with hair (!), the content is what counts – thank you everyone for the judgment and...

US election ‘shock’ appeals to the markets

There was some amazing news from ‘across the Pond’ last week – ‘amazing’ in the sense that pundits were predicting a different outcome or at least a much closer race and not a conclusive victory for Donald Trump. Regardless of whether we like it or not, or what we fear may happen in the future,...

US election effects on the UK?

So some amazing news from across the Pond. I say this in that the pundits were all predicting a rather different outcome and hence why we are amazed at what really happened. Whether you like ‘it’ or not, the people of the US have spoken and who are we to criticise or be disrespectful...

A bad Budget for business – but it could have been worse

The Budget has finally been unveiled and while many in the financial and wealth management sector are of the opinion it wasn’t quite as bad as we feared, the Chancellor’s package of measures revealed last Wednesday contained some nasty elements too. In our opinion it was a business-negative Budget which won’t help the objective of...

Will Budget Day set the cat amongst the pigeons?

Today is Budget day and quite possibly by the time you read this the Chancellor will have presented the first Labour Budget for 14 years to the House of Commons. We will of course report back to you next week on what the Budget contained and offer any insights we have on how it might...

What will happen in the October Budget?

At the end of this month the Chancellor will unveil the first UK Budget under Labour in almost 15 years and there is a great deal of uncertainty as to what might be in it. Chancellor Rachel Reeves will present her first budget to the House of Commons on Wednesday, October 30 at around 12.30pm. With...

Interest rates remain static – will this affect you?

Interest rates are set to remain at 5% until after the Government’s Budget at the end of October. The Bank of England confirmed on Thursday (September 19) the rate would remain static, with inflation remaining stubbornly at 2.2% and above the ‘magic’ 2% target. At its latest meeting, the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by...

Good news to start 2024

A welcome piece of good news on the last trading day of 2023 – Lonfin, a long-term holding of ours (albeit small overall), has announced that its key connected party, Western Selection, is making a significant cash repayment to shareholders, including Lonfin. This is our 16th piece of positive corporate news in 2023 affecting closed-ended...

Inflation drops sharply

I hope that you have had a good Christmas break. Ours was very busy, with lots of friends and relatives with us but a privilege to be able to host them. We shall look forward to a rest afterwards! Before anything else, here are real hopes for a lovely, happy, prosperous, peaceful and healthy...

What will Inheritance Tax changes mean for farmers and the rest of us?

Citywire Top 100, Budget and MIGO

US election ‘shock’ appeals to the markets

US election effects on the UK?

A bad Budget for business – but it could have been worse

Will Budget Day set the cat amongst the pigeons?

What will happen in the October Budget?

Interest rates remain static – will this affect you?

Good news to start 2024

Inflation drops sharply

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