In line with current UK Government restrictions regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic, our offices remain closed. Our colleagues are working from home and continue to provide services and maintain regular communications with all our clients. Should you wish to speak with us, please continue to use the main telephone number of 01382 797600 and your call…
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If you hold a Cash Individual Savings Account (ISA) you may be dissatisfied with the low rates of interest you receive, which could make it difficult to grow your money even at a rate that keeps pace with inflation. A Stocks & Shares ISAs offers the possibility of higher returns than Cash ISAs, but only…
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As the year draws to a close, I thought I would put my thoughts to paper once again. The strange parallel is that the last time I wrote a blog it was a beautiful spring day at the start of the pandemic, and now here we are several months later. Almost unbelievably, the restrictions are…
Continue ReadingLate November should have seen the Chancellor announce his Autumn Budget and a comprehensive spending review covering the next three financial years. Like many other plans, the uncertainty created by the pandemic has put both on hold. In their place was a Financial Statement, primarily addressing a one-year spending review, with a nod to the…
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In line with current UK Government restrictions regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic, our offices remain closed. Our colleagues are working from home and continue to provide services and maintain regular communications with all our clients. Should you wish to speak with us, please continue to use the main telephone number of 01382 797600 and your call…
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In his latest AIM Market update, Matt Strachan considers the falls in dividend income this year and why AIM companies, in comparison with the FTSE 100, should see a much faster recovery. Click here to read the full article.
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In his latest AIM Market update, Matt Strachan considers why real value can be found in the more cyclical stocks held in our AIM IHT Portfolio. Click here to read the AIM Market update.
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A year ago, I joined the Thorntons Investments Investment Team to do what I enjoy most about investment management – looking after clients and their wealth. Better still, Thorntons Investments’ flexible approach afforded me more time with my young family. Little did I know that one year on I would be working at the kitchen…
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The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has spent so much time in the spotlight that it seems hard to believe he has not yet been in the job for five months. Yesterday’s Financial Statement was just the latest of a series of announcements by Mr Sunak since he presented his Spring Budget on 11 March, four weeks…
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This week is the 25th anniversary of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). So, I thought it appropriate to indulge a little in its history and success. I remember its launch well, as I had been responsible for a couple of investments on one of its forebears, the Unlisted Securities Market (USM). Back in 1995 it…
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