More detail on dividend changes

HMRC has issued a factsheet about next year’s dividend tax changes. The Summer Budget announcement of a change to the rules on dividend taxation from next April caused many furrowed brows. The situation was not helped by the very limited … Continue reading

That August feeling

The summer holiday month was anything but relaxing for investors in UK shares. As well as being the title of an Edna O’Brien novel, “August is a wicked month” probably sums up how many investors felt about the month. It … Continue reading

David Love – Eggheads appearance

Our Technical Consultant, David Love, who I’m sure you are aware, came 3rd in the Mastermind Grand Final will appear on Eggheads on Friday 11th September 2015. The showing will be at 6.00pm on BBC2.        

Deposit protection to fall

The compensation for lost deposits is to be cut by £10,000. On the first Friday in July, a few days before the Budget, the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) announced that the level of Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) protection for … Continue reading

Interest rates to rise

The Governor of the Bank of England (BoE) is hinting at interest rate rises again. “It would not seem unreasonable to me to expect that once normalisation begins, interest rate increases would proceed slowly and rise to a level in … Continue reading