Welcome to the spring edition of our newsletter.
Read moreBudget 2011: Are you Norman Lamont with an iPod?
Chancellor George Osborne’s second Budget was predicted to be a sober affair but the country was treated instead to tough tax avoidance measures, sweeping changes to income tax and a plethora of pensions moves. Ed Miliband’s comment made us all smile … Continue reading
Crossword Competition Winner
Congratulations to our crossword competition winner, Peter Little from Solihull. Peter’s entry was the correct one drawn at random. Peter is pictured on the left collecting his prize of a Packard Bell Notebook. We were very surprised at the level of interest … Continue reading
Barclays pulling out of Financial Advice
Barclays has announced that it plans to stop offering financial advice through its retail branches after a review deemed it to be no longer commercially viable. The bank says it may offer retail investment advice online, but that it expects … Continue reading
Pension Contributions and Drawdown
The form that pension provision will take for the foreseeable future has now largely coalesced from the nebula of proposal and speculation that has been permeating the industry for some time. On the face of it things have been simplified. … Continue reading