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How to Protect your Kids Financial Future by instilling Good Money Habits
Financial education can never start too young when it comes to our children, and establishing sound financial habits is beneficial, whatever their age. A study conducted by the University of Cambridg...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Spring Statement 2023 Summary
Just a few days short of the third anniversary of the first Covid lockdown, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rose to the Despatch Box to deliver the first full Budget to have taken place in 504 days and the fir...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Financial Focus - Winter 2022 Newsletter
The Chancellor's Autumn Statement delivered both expectations and some surprises: two-year extensions on the tax threshold freezes, scaled back financial support for energy bills and cuts on both divi...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Prenuptial agreements - are they legally binding in the UK?
Whilst prenuptial agreements have been around in America since 1848, it has taken the UK a lot longer to recognise a ‘prenup’ as having any form of legal footing in the event of divorce. ...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Should you really trust TikTok to help with your important financial decisions?
Social media is now a way of life, with millions of us checking our different apps every day for news and other information, or to upload photos for our family and friends. It therefore comes as somew...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Autumn Statement - 2022
The message from the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, in the days before he rose to the despatch box in the House of Commons to deliver the Autumn Statement was clear; he would be outlining billions of pounds...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Financial Focus - Summer 2022 Newsletter
Financial concerns are taking hold in an increasing number of households. The Chancellor's promise of a £400 discount on everyone's gas bill this year will be a welcome relief for many, but with petro...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Spring Statement - 2022
Exactly two years since the first lockdown was announced, the eyes of the public were firmly fixed on the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, as he rose to the despatch box in the House of Commons to deliver his...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Financial Focus - Spring 2022 Newsletter
Just when it seemed we were nearing a kind of resolution to one painful crisis, another has started. While the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in the UK has been a huge relief for many, the financial...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Financial Focus - Winter 2021 Newsletter
At this time of year many of us feel like staying in out of the cold and spending time with our families and friends, particularly after the difficult festive season last year. For those reaching pens...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Investment Rebalance - October 2021
Quarterly Portfolio update....Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
The return of inflation?
UK annual inflation was just 0.4% in February 2021, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), or 1.4% measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI). Five months later , after a blip downwards in Jul...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Pension triple lock falls to double
Next April’s increases to State pensions will now follow a less expected, and less expensive, path. What percentage increase should apply to State pensions in 2022? For all but the old basic State pen...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
No fault divorce comes to England and Wales
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 should have been implemented in autumn 2021. However, in June the government pushed back the start date to April 2022. The delay, plus the after-effect...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
A new style retirement for changing times?
The acronym ‘WFH’ is now fully embedded in the 21st century lexicon. Whether 18 months of working from home will reshape the future of work for office-based employees is not yet clear, but major emplo...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Managing student finance
Most students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland now take out loans to cover tuition fees and living costs, with an average debt of £45,000 for 2020 graduates. Focusing on this figure, however, ca...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Income protection - the simple safety net
One of the cornerstones of financial resilience is ensuring you have a financial safety net should things go wrong. This can be in the form of savings to cover unexpected bills, such as a new boiler, ...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Important changes for the self-employed
As well as details of the fifth and final Self-Employed Income Support Grant (closed as of the end of September), additional changes to taxation - actual and potential - came out which are worth beari...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Financial Focus - Autumn 2021 Newsletter
As we settle into autumn after a difficult summer worldwide, challenging decisions on managing the fallout from the pandemic remain. Whether we will have a Budget this year is still uncertain, but the...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Financial Focus - Summer 2021 Newsletter
After the last 18 months, looking ahead is very appealing to many of us. However one critical area of future financial planning is often overlooked. Since the inheritance tax (IHT) threshold is now fr...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Dividends recover in 2021
Many income-seeking investors would prefer to forget 2020. Global interest rates stayed around zero (or below), while many companies throughout the world cut or suspended their dividend payments. The ...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Handling High Markets
Global stock markets have been performing strongly since the first successful vaccine trials in November 2020. Anticipation – and evidence – of economic recovery has prompted share prices to rally aro...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
The future of inheritance tax
The £325,000 IHT threshold (or £650,000 for married couples and civil partners) has remained unchanged since 2009. The Budget 2021 freeze on this nil rate band until 2025/26 means that many more estat...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Portfolio Rebalance - Summer 2021
You know the feeling. Sometimes it just seems easier to leave things as they are for another year rather than take any action. Call it the ‘If it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ syndrome. But putting things...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
The rise of second homes
Homes that are classed as a ‘furnished holiday let’ (FHL) benefit from several extra tax breaks. For example, owners can deduct as expenses the cost of furnishing the property and mortgage interest ch...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Responsible investing and greenwashing
There has been huge growth in the number of ‘sustainable’ and ‘responsible investment’ funds, which now look at a company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) track record as part of the inves...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Tax Planning For Families
In his spring 2021 Budget, the Chancellor announced that the following thresholds and bands will not change until April 2026: Personal Allowance, Higher Rate Threshold, Capital Gains Tax Annual Exempt...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Portfolio Rebalance - Spring 2021
Join us with Ed Margot, Investment Strategist for FE Investments, for a market update and a look at how the portfolios have adapted to suit current market conditions. Following the portfolio rebalance...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Holding your nerve with your investments
There is no disputing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite previous coronavirus outbreaks in Asia, such as SARS in 2002, on this occasion it is different. Time now seems to be divided into ‘be...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
Tax rises on the way?
When the Chancellor launched the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme, he commented that “it is now much harder to justify the inconsistent contributions between people of different employment statuses...Read More
Rachel Lane
Sales & Marketing Director @Group Rapport
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