News and Views | Thorntons Investment Management

22 Nov 2024

Thorntons Investments celebrated success at last night’s Growth Investors Awards tenth anniversary dinner.

posted by David Holmes
Blog, Financial Advisers

Thorntons Investments celebrated success at last night’s Growth Investors Awards tenth anniversary dinner at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Organised by Intelligent Partnership, these prestigious awards honour the companies and individuals who go above and beyond to support the UK’s burgeoning businesses, fostering job creation, driving economic growth, and championing innovation. The highly coveted…

20 Nov 2024

Sportsquest is back in Edinburgh – Thursday 20 March 2025 at the EICC

posted by Stephen Webster
Blog, Private Clients

Join former Scotland International Rugby Union players Andy Nicol and Donna Kennedy, along with football legend Alan McInally and Scotland Rugby player Rhona Lloyd, for an evening dedicated to sports trivia and supporting those that need it most. SportsQuest 2025 is a fundraising event curated to entertain whilst raising key funds for children and babies…

31 Oct 2024

Autumn Budget 2024

posted by Andrew McLean
Blog, Private Clients

The first Budget from a Labour government since March 2010, and the first ever from a female Chancellor, proved to be the defining event that had been widely anticipated. From the moment in late July when Rachel Reeves unveiled her “£22 billion black hole” and announced means-testing for the winter fuel payment, it was clear…

2 Aug 2024

Thorntons Investments shortlisted for Best AIM Portfolio Service

posted by David Holmes
Blog, Financial Advisers

Marking a decade of excellence, this year’s Growth Investor Awards, hosted by Intelligent Partnership, have once again attracted a highly competitive field of entries. With the standard so high, Thorntons Investments is delighted to have achieved shortlisted status. Now celebrating their 10th anniversary, the Growth Investor Awards have firmly established themselves as a cornerstone event…

22 Jul 2024

Capital Gains Tax

posted by Matthew Brown
Blog, Private Clients

Expected by investors and largely priced into the stock market, the recent UK election outcome ushering in a new Labour government is unsurprising. Whilst the result has buoyed markets, the incoming government has little headroom to enact fiscal change. Investors are therefore asking themselves what the economic policy will be and how it will affect…

11 Jun 2024

Supporting Joey’s Journey

posted by Leigh Hudson
Blog, Private Clients

Each year, our team choose a charity to support throughout the next 12 month period. Back in Spring 2023, we chose the Children’s Cancer & Leukaemia Group (CCLG) – specifically the Joey’s Journey Fund. Joey was born in 2020 and was very quickly diagnosed with congenital glioblastoma – a brain tumour. Joey needed emergency surgery…

22 Apr 2024

Go Green for Earth Day

posted by David Holmes
Private Clients, Blog, Financial Advisers

April each year is Earth Month, with Earth Day taking place today, April 22nd. This is all about raising awareness and encouraging action to support environmental projects and initiatives. But if we are serious about combating climate change and its impacts then more and more of us need to get on board and actively engage….

11 Mar 2024

Andrew McLean promoted to lead Discretionary Growth Ambitions for Thorntons Investments

posted by Stephen Webster
Blog, Private Clients

I’m delighted to announce that we have recently promoted Andrew McLean to the position of Head of Client Investments leading our DFM team managing our discretionary client portfolios. Andrew has over a decade of experience in boutique investment houses providing bespoke client investment portfolios. He is using his experience to help Thorntons Investments scale up…

8 Mar 2024

International Women’s Day

posted by Thorntons Investments
Blog, Private Clients

We are pleased to share this article written by our financial planning colleague, Elmira Donald. Last weekend, while on holiday in London and with half a day to spare before my flight, I thought about the best way to spend my time. I decided to visit the Bank of England. This visit wasn’t just a…

7 Mar 2024

Spring Budget 2024

posted by Andrew McLean
Blog, Private Clients

It has come to pass that the details of the Chancellor’s Budget are often leaked well in advance of the actual speech taking place. As such, it is often the case that there is little that catches the eye or causes us to sit up and take notice. This Spring budget falls into that category,…

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