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27 Mar A boost to ISAs on the horizon

Posted at 12:00h in Financial News by Gemma Bellaby 0 Comments

New regulations promise another improvement to ISAs soon. Recent statistics issued by the Investment Association (IA) point to a declining interest in individual savings accounts (ISAs). In 2016 the IA recorded only two months in which new money flowing into ISAs exceeded existing money flowing out....

20 Mar 6 April reminders

Posted at 12:00h in Financial News by Gemma Bellaby 0 Comments

Tax year beginning planning can be just as valuable as its more familiar year end counterpart. The run up to 5 April, with the Budget (and often Easter) intervening, can be a frenetic time for personal financial planning. All tends to go quiet once the...

13 Mar Time to welcome the Lifetime ISA

Posted at 12:00h in Financial News, Uncategorized by Gemma Bellaby 0 Comments

6 April marks the launch of a new ISA variant, the Lifetime ISA (LISA). One of the last surprises produced by George Osborne in his final Budget was the announcement of the Lifetime ISA. Shortly after Mr Osborne was replaced it began to look as...

06 Mar The rising dividend and the falling pound

Posted at 13:38h in Financial News by Gemma Bellaby 0 Comments

Recently released figures show that UK dividends grew faster than inflation in 2016. The number crunchers at Capita Asset Services, one of the UK’s main share registrars, have been working out how much was paid out in dividends by UK listed companies in 2016. The...

01 Mar National Savings lose lustre with interest rates cut

Posted at 11:19h in Financial News by Gemma Bellaby 0 Comments

National Savings & Investments are cutting interest rates from 1st May. National Savings and Investments (NS&I) has announced that it will be cutting interest on four of its variable rate products from 1 May. It says the cuts follow on from the Bank of England’s...

27 Feb The end of the tax year: 5 April reminders

Posted at 14:10h in Financial News by Gemma Bellaby 0 Comments

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...