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Posts where world affairs and my piggy bank collide

Things are looking ever gloomier for those who see the latest stalling in house price acceleration as more a speed bump then a socking great wall being hit by a Great British love affair that’s been drunk at the wheel for years. According to the latest Royal Institute for Chartered…

Andy Brough, manager of the Schroder UK Mid 250 Fund, sounds pretty upbeat in this interesting commentary on the state of the market: Not quite sure why they had to interview him in an oil sheik’s bathroom…Still, there is something reassuringly blokey about Brough, given that the man in charge…

This is the last in my series on changes to UK taxation. Gains on AIM shares now taxed at 18% This is more a sting in the tail of the changes to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) regime we looked at earlier in the week than a wholly new rule.…

This post is one of a series on the changes to the UK personal tax regime introduced in the 2008/09 financial year. All Capital Gains Tax charged at 18% We all have a personal allowance, currently £9,600 (and distinct from your personal income tax allowance) before Capital Gains Tax is…