There have been more press reports that the Chancellor will reform tax relief for pension contributions in his March Budget. In last July’s Budget the Chancellor launched a consultation on ‘tax incentivised saving’. It was a curious sort of consultation, … Continue reading →

The Governor of the Bank of England has made another interest rate pronouncement.   Almost since he started the job in July 2013, Mark Carney has used his position of Governor of the Bank of England to talk about when UK … Continue reading →

January was a rollercoaster ride for share markets around the world. INDEX JANUARY CHANGE FTSE 100 – 2.5% FTSE 100 – 2.5% FTSE All-Share – 3.2% Dow Jones Industrial – 5.5% Standard & Poor’s 500 – 5.1% Nikkei 225 – … Continue reading →

The fall in the price of oil is having some curious side effects. Petrol and diesel fell to under a £1 a litre in January as the supermarkets battled for customers. The drop was due to the precipitous decline in … Continue reading →