Interesting times ahead

October 24, 2019
Recent data shows the global economy faltered in the second quarter of 2019. Policymakers have begun to respond, with the US Federal Reserve (Fed) cutting rates for the first time in a decade, but with the US-China trade dispute rumbling on and another Brexit deadline [...]
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Beware of scammers impersonating HMRC

October 24, 2019
Scammers are making threatening calls pretending to be from HMRC1 and saying if the victim doesn’t pay out thousands of pounds immediately, they will be arrested. This is a particularly unpleasant scam, and more than 60,000 calls are reported to have been made in the [...]
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Spouses unnecessarily paying tax on inherited ISAs

August 30, 2019
Data1 shows that six out of seven bereaved partners could be paying tax unnecessarily on ISA savings they inherit. Since April 2015, bereaved spouses or civil partners have been entitled to an extra ISA allowance. This is achieved by what’s called an Additional Permitted Subscription [...]
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Goals – based investing

August 30, 2019
Although it might be tempting to think that investing is just about getting the best possible return on one pot of money, goal-based investing, structuring your investment around your specific financial aims, has become a widely-used way of helping people plan their financial futures. Thinking [...]
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Celebrating 20 years of the ISA

August 30, 2019
    Celebrating 20 years of the ISA The Individual Savings Account (ISA) was launched on 6th April 1999 and it hasn’t looked back. Today it’s estimated that 42% of adults hold one, which is hardly surprising considering how simple and tax-efficient they are. When [...]
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Economic Review April 2019

May 16, 2019
STOCKPILING BOOSTS UK ECONOMY The UK economy grew more strongly than expected in February as ‘pre-Brexit’ stockpiling provided a boost to the monthly rate of economic growth.Official gross domestic product (GDP) data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the economy [...]
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Thomson Tyndall sponsors Hatchards’ Burma events

March 19, 2019
Thomson Tyndall are delighted to be sponsoring Hatchards’ series of events on Burma: Past, Present & Future from 18th-21st March. This represents an area of special interest for one of our advisers, Simon Akroyd, and the event promises to be a fascinating one, bringing together [...]
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