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In the Press – Scotland on Sunday 20th November 2011 By Jeff Salway With retirement on their minds but wondering how they could do it without jeopardising their finances, investing in advice from a financial planner was a move that paid handsome dividends for the Armstrongs. Campbell Armstrong, a head- teacher in Kilmarnock, decided it was time to get some…
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“Let it be heard clearly around the world … that Britain is open for business.” It took George Osborne just under an hour to deliver his second package of measures as Chancellor yesterday. He began his statement by declaring that last year’s emergency Budget was about rescuing the nation’s finances, and paying for the mistakes of the past whereas this…
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The annual ISA subscription will increase from £10,200 to £10,600 from 6 April 2011 (of which half can be invested in a cash ISA). More interestingly, it is anticipated that Junior ISAs will be available from autumn 2011 for any UK-resident child who is under the age of 18 and who does not currently hold a Child Trust Fund. As…
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Just in case you missed the changes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT), here they are: The most widely anticipated change was an increase to the rate of CGT, which could have resulted in a maximum CGT rate of 40% or possibly 50%. To the relief of many, this change did not materialise, the Chancellor instead opting for a 10% increase…
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BUDGET 2010 (CON-LIB) A think tank linked to the Conservatives has published an interesting paper on ‘unlocking long-term saving’. The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) was founded in 1974 by Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher. Although the CPS says that it is ‘independent of all political parties’, it is generally seen – not surprisingly – as leaning to the…
