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Managing someone else’s bank account
25 Days ago at 9:58 by Rebecca Haywood
“Guidance for people wanting to manage a bank account for Piggy bank in handsomeone else” I prepare a lot of Lasting Powers of Attorney for clients, and also advise on the use of Enduring Powers ...
Content is more important than style
25 Days ago at 9:53 by Graham Jones
Whenever businesses consider a new website, their attention goes first to design. Indeed, when you look at web hosting companies who offer things like “instant websites” you will see that their ...
Inheritance Tax changes penalise business owners
26 Days ago at 11:22 by Fiona Dodd
I need to get out more. I know this because I am one of the select band of individuals who scans the Chancellor’s Budget, not to see how much more I will have to pay for fuel and beer, but in ...
Don’t blame Twitter for bad business
26 Days ago at 11:18 by Graham Jones
Twitter is coming in for a bit of stick today. It turns out that yesterday the world’s financial markets went into meltdown as a Tweet suggested that President Barack Obama had been injured in a ...
6 steps to success with solicitors and accountants (part 3)
26 Days ago at 7:00 by Steve Billingham
This week we’re concluding this 3 part series by looking at the final 3 stages of the relationship development process.
Slow growth and monetary action
27 Days ago at 10:19 by John Redwood
Japan and the UK are two island economies on opposite sides of the world. Both are offshore from larger economies. Both face intense competition from China and Germany in manufacturing. Both are ...
Legislation Without Consultation: Why?
28 Days ago at 7:00 by Mark McLaughlin
In the last few days or so, I've been having a close look at two new anti-avoidance provisions included in Finance Bill 2013. The first concerns Inheritance Tax and deductions for liabilities. The ...
The sins of the past
28 Days ago at 7:00 by Henry Tapper
Over the past four weeks we have talked with some of the senior people at the insurers and mastertrusts who will be providing workplace pensions to the 1.2m employers staging auto-enrolment over the ...
Lessons from Zimbabwe
29 Days ago at 9:13 by Nicolo Carpaneda
Stefan took some time off over Easter for a quick holiday in Zimbabwe and, as always, he remained on the lookout for economic insights. As the only country to experience hyperinflation this ...
“Austerity policies under review”
29 Days ago at 9:10 by John Redwood
There is new thinking at the IMF – based on some very old thinking. Under their new Head they are asking themselves whether austerity policies work when countries are deep in recession, as with the ...
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