1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (676+ words) More than six in ten millionaire investors have considered leaving the UK because of concerns over taxation, new research from Wealth Club, the UK’s leading non-advised investment service for high-net-worth individuals, shows. The study of 341 Wealth Club clients, all with…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1619+ words) “UK house prices fell slightly in August, down -0.2% over the month following a similar decline in July. The average property now costs £298,468, marking the first annual fall in house prices since November 2023. Despite that, prices are still marginally up (+0.2%) since…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (644+ words) Parents are increasingly discussing problems paying fees with independent schools as they look for ways to keep children in private education, research from School Fee Plan, a leading provider of finance for school fees, shows. Its study with independent school…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (801+ words) Up to 4.8 million individuals and businesses owing around £4 billion in tax debts could potentially fall within the scope of new HMRC powers allowing money to be taken directly from taxpayers’ bank accounts. A government consultation on tackling lower value tax…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (692+ words) Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at AJ Bell, looks at the challenges people can face in mid-life when trying to find work, secure promotions or increase their pay, with women often facing additional barriers. Sarah Coles, head of personal…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1142+ words) With the UK property market stagnating, Jamie Williams, Sales Manager at Pure Property Finance, foresees how the current government could revitalise it before the next General Election is called in 2029. The value of an average UK home stagnated in summer…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1183+ words) Estate planning has climbed much higher up the agenda over the past year. HMRC’s latest figures show inheritance tax receipts reached £2.3 billion between April and June, £96 million higher than the same period last year. Those figures perhaps explain why inheritance…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (636+ words) Promoters of tax avoidance schemes are businesses that design, market, or facilitate arrangements intended to reduce the users tax bill in a way that HMRC believes is illegitimate. “The bulk of these new schemes are PAYE/NIC avoidance using umbrella…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1231+ words) Tax receipts are continuing to climb ahead of the Budget, with PAYE income tax and National Insurance contributions reaching £173.2 billion between April and July, up £12.5 billion on the same period last year. Inheritance Tax receipts also edged higher to £3.2 billion,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (749+ words) Trevor Greetham, head of multi asset at Royal London Asset Management, argues below that investors have entered a new era of “Spikeflation”, where repeated price shocks driven by deglobalisation, geopolitics and fiscal excess are reshaping markets. In this environment, he…...