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Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Monday, 26 July 2010
Friday, 23 July 2010
UK Economy Grows Most in Four Years... but
Here are the reasons why caution is the word today, despite encouraging results - Stephanie Flanders BBC blog: Economy Caution
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Thursday, 24 June 2010
UK Budget Stealth Tax
The four-year freeze on Inheritance Tax allowance confirmed in the United Kingdom's June Budget represents a major tax increase in real terms on thousands of families in Northern Ireland.
Describing the move as a ‘stealth tax’, NI independent financial advisor Stephen Hill said that the move would seriously impact on the money passed from family members.
He believes that the freeze on the nil rate band, first mooted in the emergency March budget, has slipped under the radar and that local people here do not fully appreciate the potential impact. “This freeze is tantamount to a huge increase in inheritance tax,” said Mr Hill, of S Hill & Co Investment Advisors.
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Describing the move as a ‘stealth tax’, NI independent financial advisor Stephen Hill said that the move would seriously impact on the money passed from family members.
He believes that the freeze on the nil rate band, first mooted in the emergency March budget, has slipped under the radar and that local people here do not fully appreciate the potential impact. “This freeze is tantamount to a huge increase in inheritance tax,” said Mr Hill, of S Hill & Co Investment Advisors.
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010
DC Seals The Deal
So, that's that then. David Cameron is the newly, and finally elected, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As opposed to his election as one might have been, just might have been, it is time to wish him well. His boldness and determination will be needed to maintain Britain's fragile coaltion with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats.
If the coalition lasts, it will be the Liberal Democrats which take the harsh edge off insensitive Tory policies. Unchecked, Cameron and Osborne would likely push too hard, too soon in what they see as the national interest, not noticing the trail of public destruction they would leave in their wake. The brutal excellence of capitalism and market renewal is less easily applied to families, to the young and the old. Losing your job is losing your job.
So, that's that then, David Cameron. We wish you well. Walk steady, walk tall, tread gently.
If the coalition lasts, it will be the Liberal Democrats which take the harsh edge off insensitive Tory policies. Unchecked, Cameron and Osborne would likely push too hard, too soon in what they see as the national interest, not noticing the trail of public destruction they would leave in their wake. The brutal excellence of capitalism and market renewal is less easily applied to families, to the young and the old. Losing your job is losing your job.
So, that's that then, David Cameron. We wish you well. Walk steady, walk tall, tread gently.
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