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Our 40th and great numbers

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000

The UK Economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter – which is good news though some of it is clawing-back losses from before. However, the underlying trend shows very little improvement and as noted last time, the general employment situation is worsening. In a nutshell (and stating the obvious), the more unemployed and the […]

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Rates cut, our 40th and Afternoon Tea

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000

So the FCA is issuing a hefty fine of £46million on Mr Neil Woodford and his Company. He is being banned from senior management roles and managing funds for private individuals – ouch. He is appealing (or perhaps to the FCA (which is also investigating his latest unregulated investment tipping activities) is that he is […]

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Raising tax without result

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000

It seems this Government is being the most successful at raising the rates of tax yet collecting less cash as a result – and doing untold harm to the economy as well as consumer and business confidence the same time. No, this isn’t political comment; it’s simply financially factual. Whatever one’s politics and no, it’s […]

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‘Unexpected’ inflation really wasn’t

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:35:20 +0000

So we have been greeted with an ‘unexpected’ 3.6% inflation and unemployment rising at the same time that vacancies are diminishing (the lowest since Covid). Anyone reading these eshots and realising the increases in costs on employers would not have seen these two things as ‘unexpected’ at all. Indeed, perhaps the Government should subscribe to […]

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Chancellor tears but not for us

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:53:37 +0000

So, very unconvincingly the Prime Minister supporting the Chancellor’s dire financial announcements brought the wrong sort of tears to her eyes, promptly seeing the cost of long-term UK Government debt rise by a whopping 5% and Sterling losing a cent instantly. Fortunately that was short-lived but we’re still paying far more than at the worst […]

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Inflation remains stubborn

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:41:02 +0000

So, inflation remain stubbornly high at 3.4% despite people not feeling especially confident about spending. So much of our outgoings now go towards ‘tax’ of course and we don’t have any control over that (but government does)… So businesses and organisations are obliged to increase their prices to cover increased costs (especially employment but including […]

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Happy Father’s Day and advice

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:41:03 +0000

Happy Father’s Day for Sunday, to all the fathers out there… this year, Citywire was keen to run a piece on fathers and sons working together and we were selected. It is published here… Father’s Day: How Philip and Felix Milton run a firm together so you can read all about how we addressed working […]

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Crisis, what crisis? All good here!

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Sat, 24 May 2025 13:13:53 +0000

Before anything else, have a really lovely Bank Holiday weekend. I shall be helping at Braunton Fair on Monday and catching-up tomorrow… Crisis? What crisis? Could be the question our investors pose about the recent Trumpian-created volatility as we seemed to sail-through unscathed and emerging from the other side seemingly in better shape than when […]

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Off-piste, risk and the economy

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:36:32 +0000

Having grabbed a week to visit Chamonix and on one day to travel up to Aiguille du Midi (3,842 metres) to view Mont Blanc (4,805metres), gave me an opportunity to see ‘risk’ in a different context. The height, the highest I have ever been excluding flights, puts risk in a different perspective altogether The engineering […]

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Our 39th anniversary as a wealth manager

Philip J Milton & Company Plc — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:18:36 +0000

Well, the years rush past… August marked the Firm’s 39th anniversary. From a lowly beginning to becoming one of the largest independent financial advisory and wealth management firms in the area and now discretionarily managing over £1/4billion, we trust with a reputation to reflect that success for itself, its staff and most importantly for all […]

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