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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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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As I sit and write this blog the world is looking like a very different place. I’m sitting on my balcony on a Saturday afternoon and stillness and calm fill the air. The sense of purpose and noise has been replaced by a different pace/beat of life. This got me thinking – whilst I feel…
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Rarely have we seen a Budget delivered against such a dramatic existential threat to the global economy. The fact that the Coronavirus will have a major impact on the major economies of the world is not in dispute. The extent of that impact on the UK economy is a significant judgment call for a Chancellor…
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There are a number of exemptions and allowances that an individual can use in relation to their personal tax position and as we approach the end of the UK’s fiscal year on 5 April, it is important to try and use these, where appropriate, especially as a number of them cannot be rolled forward, so…
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