Financial Articles

As we draw near to the end of the tax year, you will read helpful hints in all the money supplements. The curious thing is that however many times the journalists and financial advisers recommend making use of the various tax allowances, many of us still overlook the opportunity to get some tax back from [...]

My theme for this year’s articles is realism. In past periods of austerity we have tended to take greater care of our property and assets;  people have mended their shoes rather than buying new, had their clothes mended and cleaned rather than buy new. They have made the most of what they already had  and it [...]

If you are an employer you will have to enrol each and every one of your eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme when your auto-enrolment duty begins. You will have to register with the Pensions Regulator to show that you have met your auto enrolment duties. During March and April we will be running [...]

Stephen King , the Group Chief Economist of HSBC recently described the current economic situation to be similar to being “stuck in a time of economic permafrost”,  he sees us as being stuck “in the bleak midwinter”, recession may have come to an end in some economies but the real problem is that to date there [...]

INVESTING IN 2012 OVERVIEW Welcome to the New Year. From an investing point of view is 2012 likely to look much different to 2011?  I think not, there are three possible economic scenarios for the world economies; (a)     some recovery – I think that is doubtful, (b)     a disaster, that would be likely to happen [...]