Today’s Blog

I would really like to find out how large the percentage of Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) cases heard by the FOS are made against Independent Financial Advisors and the percentage of cases where the FOS has ruled against Independent Financial Advisors compared...

Today’s Blog

Fortune always favours the prepared! Now that the new tax year has started why not open your ISA now and pay into it when you can? That way you will not be one of the stories in the following article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17547402rnrnThis information is...

Today’s Blog

I agree with the thesis put forward in the following article http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/2012/03/27/comment/property-matters/bring-on-the-mansion-tax-KS1cyRn513svdJEIBhJ2OJ/article.html Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is a real problem and a very inefficient tax....

Today’s Blog

Another lender has cut its interest only lending on a loan to value basis. http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/mortgages/leeds-bs-cuts-interest-only-ltv-to-50/1048914.article This is going to leave thousands of homeowners with nowhere to go from their current lender. What...

The Taxation of Non-Doms

The following article is interesting about Non-Doms http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/offshore/non-dom-numbers-down-16/1048188.article the interesting point which is missed is what is the impact upon employment and the impact on expenditure in the economy. I would not...