trusts Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/trusts/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:53:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png trusts Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/trusts/ 32 32 Chancellor tears but not for us https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/07/11/chancellor-tears-but-not-for-us/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:53:37 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11899 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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]]> Consumer confidence https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/02/07/consumer-confidence-rises-despite-negativity/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:34:32 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11057 ‘Consumer Confidence’ has risen for the third month and now at a two-year high, regardless of what negativity you may hear in the media. This seems to be supported by buoyant consumer spending since last autumn as well. It’s good, as it will reflect in economic output but will too much enthusiasm dampen the Chancellor’s […]

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]]> Is inflation deflating? And is your adviser clued up? https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/08/23/is-inflation-deflating-and-is-your-adviser-clued-up/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:01:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10815 Inflation is coming-down – only 6.8% and for the first time since 2021, lower than the increase in average pay (including bonuses etc). Food inflation is dropping even faster. Some of the reasons are ‘pigs in pythons’ – when a big increase a year ago drops-out of the figures. The next big hit will be […]

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]]> Investment returns and falls https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/06/01/investment-returns-and-falls/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10678 North Devon Business Awards We were delighted to be the main sponsor again for Business Action’s North Devon Business Awards. Well done to Rob Zarywacz and team for a great event and all that volunteer help in assimilating all the applicants and judging them too. Every applicant was a worthy contender but well done to […]

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]]> Investment psychology and trusts https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/05/17/what-is-the-psychology-of-investment/ Wed, 17 May 2023 14:52:11 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10602 The post Investment psychology and trusts appeared first on Philip J Milton & Company Plc.

]]> UK tax boost and healthy investments https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/03/02/uk-tax-boost-and-healthy-investments/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:23:04 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10467 So we’re told the Chancellor had £31billion more in tax receipts in January than he expected. So much for forecasts… who’d like to forecast how many forecasters predicted that? It may be very controversial to say so, but Liz Truss and Kwazi Kwarteng were the closest but that’s another story (and their problem was awful […]

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]]> It’s never too early to save for the next generation https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/02/24/its-never-too-early-to-save-for-the-next-generation/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:18:07 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10449 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 […]

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