Has your income risen by 14.3% over the past year?

Statistics show that dividends from UK shares are still rising rapidly. Source: Capita Asset Services. Overall 2017e fiure is Capita estimate The latest quarterly ‘UK Dividend Monitor’ from Capita Asset Services paints a rosy picture for income-seeking investors in UK … Continue reading

The Chancellor’s second Budget of 2017

Mr Hammond will probably be pleased if commentators decide that his Autumn Budget was a steady-as-she-goes, broadly modest Budget. After the national insurance u-turn he was forced to make after his March Budget this year, that was probably his aim. … Continue reading

Autumn Budget 2018/19 Tax Table

Autumn Budget 2018/19 Tax Table Click the image to download PDF.

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A pensioners’ bonanza?

State pensions will rise by 3% next April, but it’s not all strictly good news. On the day that a CPI inflation rate of 3% was announced, the BBC website covering the rise had a picture of pensioners “dancing for … Continue reading

Almost but not quite – near miss on inflation helps boost interest rate

September inflation was just low enough to spare Mark Carney writing to the Chancellor. And helped spur the first interest rate rise in a decade. Source: National Statistics Each year the Chancellor of the day gives the Bank of England … Continue reading