Only 7 per cent of people in the UK who support someone financially have spoken with an adviser about long-term financial protection, according to research.  The findings were a part of a global study by HSBC which quizzed more than 13,000 people across 13 countries to look at levels of financial security. The analysis found 27 per cent […]

It is that time of year again!  Correct, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced its annual list of terrible excuses for non-submission of self-assessment tax returns.  Every year the taxman seems to receive only the most imaginative, bizarre, and – if this year is anything to go by – supernatural claims about why people have […]

We as a Company have used the Investment House, SEI, in conjunction with a number of our Clients investments and have always found them to be an excellent choice with excellent returns.  We therefore respect their views and we thought their views on Bitcoins would be interesting to our readers.  They write…   “In the […]

I heard a story recently which I thought was worth sharing.  A young woman had just returned from a mini-break in Tenerife. Twenty girls on a hen weekend, so you can imagine there was a fair bit of eating, drinking and dancing. I’m told they also did a water park, a boat trip and paddle […]

I read this somewhere and was taken by the thoughts expressed   Listen – before you speak Earn – before you spend Think – before you write Try – before you quit.  Live – before you die   Maybe you can think of some others?

CPI drops to 3% UK inflation has peaked and is now on a downward trajectory, market commentators have said, as latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) dropped from a five-year high of 3.1% in November to 3% in December.   The slight decline, the first drop […]