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A weak pound
October 6th, 2022 | News | By Graham Wingar
Although it has recovered slightly following the additional rate tax cut reversal, the pound is still far below its longer-term average against the dollar. Last week it hit an all-time low of 1.04$ compared to 1.36$ a year ago. As […]
Read more >Mortgages and the Self Employed
July 27th, 2022 | News | By Graham Wingar
The Self Employed and Business owners have an extra consideration when it comes to Mortgages. Here we look at what you need to obtain a mortgage. Three Requirements Whether Employed or Self Employed In order to obtain mortgage there are […]
Read more >Investing During High Inflation
July 7th, 2022 | News | By Graham Wingar
Inflation is at the forefront of concern for governments, corporations and individuals. As an investor one primary objective is to grow your money in real terms, to do so your return must be greater than inflation. So how to you […]
Read more >COP 26 and The Investment Industry
November 21st, 2021 | News | By Graham Wingar
Political considerations aside, the COP26 summit shows clear intent for governments to start to tackle climate change. This is not only bought on by a common consensus to protect the planet but it would not exist if there wasn’t a […]
Read more >Quarterly Investment Update May 2021
May 30th, 2021 | News | By Graham Wingar
This quarter has seen the bulk of the global vaccine rollout beginning with the UK leading the G7 economies with its vaccine program. The evidence currently suggests that the vaccine has been effective at reducing infection rates, allowing countries with […]
Read more >Budget Summary March 2021
March 4th, 2021 | News | By Graham Wingar
Please find below a summary of the Budget for March 2021 Budget Summary March 2021
Read more >Quarterly Investment Insight
February 25th, 2021 | News | By Graham Wingar
Can a Negative be Positive? Silvana Tenreyro, a policy maker at the Bank of England, has recently come out in favour of negative interest rates as a method to boost the UK economy out of COVID-19. The Bank of England […]
Read more >Quarterly Investment Committee Newsletter
November 11th, 2020 | News | By Graham Wingar
A lot has changed since the United Kingdom initially went into its first lockdown in March. After the initial market turbulence, we continue to ensure our clients investments are well positioned and suit their circumstances. Over the past 3 months […]
Read more >Investment Newsletter September 2020
September 18th, 2020 | News | By Graham Wingar
Where do we go from here? At the beginning of the year we would have seen opinions ranging from “COVID-19 doesn’t exist” to “The whole world is going to end”. Now with more understanding about the health effects of the […]
Read more >The Mini Budget Summary
July 13th, 2020 | News | By Graham Wingar
Rishi released a ‘Mini Budget’ as we are slowly recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic and I enclose some of the key points for your perusal: Job Retention Bonus. This follows on from the current Job retention scheme. This is a […]
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