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February 2017

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As the end of the tax year nears, remember the 5th April is a multi-faceted deadline.   In 2017, the tax year ends on Wednesday 5th April, over a week before Easter. The Budget is almost a month earlier (8th March), but that should not affect...

27 February, 2017 /

It was not only UK share values that rose during 2016. Note: the Xafinity Transfer Value Index tracks the transfer value that would be provided by an example defined benefit pension scheme to a member aged 64 who is currently entitled to a pension of £10,000...

20 February, 2017 /

The government’s financial watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), has been mulling over future healthcare and pension costs. In January, as is often the case, the media was headlining stories about delays in A&E, cancelled operations and bed-blocking caused by lack of long-term care...

13 February, 2017 /

December’s inflation figure was the highest since July 2015. For much of 2015, inflation barely existed. On the government’s chosen measure, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), annual inflation oscillated between 0.3% and -0.1%. 2016 was a rather different story: the starting point was 0.3%, but...

06 February, 2017 /