State Pension Triple Lock 26th April 2017

State Pension Triple Lock – A guarantee that might not be! Introduced in 2010 the Triple lock guaranteed to increase the State Pension each year by the higher of:- Inflation Average…

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Student Loans 19th April 2017

Student Loans – Investment or Millstone? Now that the RPI figure for March has been set at 3.1% it means that student loans from September 17 will be 6.1%, an increase…

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LISA 4th April 2017

The new Lifetime ISA (LISA) From April 6th you will be able to start saving in to the new LISA (if you can find a provider that offers one!). Contributions…

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LISA WHO? 1st April 2017

  By Rob Starling Prior to the 2016 Budget, all the talk centred around Pensions and whether they would continue to exist in their current form. We were also introduced…

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Investing now? 30th March 2017

Is now a good time to invest? A regular question being asked by clients considering end of year pension and ISA contributions.  We don’t have a crystal ball!  But we…

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