Six months on, furlough is coming to an end, but the pandemic isn’t, not yet anyway. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 24 September statement sets out the government’s new approach to protecting businesses and employment over the next six months, with a series …
This was a Budget with more giveaways than takeaways. It was aimed at younger voters, and included tax breaks for first-time buyers, but the chancellor also left wealthy voters relatively unscathed.The total net cost of his policy decisions for 2018/19 …
An update on the markets from Brian Tora and our investment partners JM Finn. History Lessons Thirty years ago this week markets were reeling from the cataclysmic drop in shares that had started in America. The sell-off commenced in late trading on Wal …
An update on the markets from Brian Tora and our investment partners JM Finn. The stretch for 2017 US shares have been hitting new highs recently, while our own market has been in fine fettle as well. Quite where the enthusiasm has come from is not cle …
An update on the markets from Brian Tora and our investment partners JM Finn. Tightening looms – but how fast? Markets continue to enjoy something of a spring-like quality. US and European shares have been hitting new highs, as have some of those in th …
An update on the markets from Brian Tora and our investment partners JM Finn. It’s the economy, stupid We may be in the heart of the holiday season, but there is plenty of economic news around to set the tone for markets. For a start, the International …
Yesterday we woke up to the news that the UK has a hung Parliament, with no party holding an absolute majority. With Theresa May looking to form a government with the DUP to ‘provide certainty’ and keep country ‘safe’ and Jeremy Corbyn calling for May …
