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16 Mar 2023
Spring Budget 2023

Spring Budget 2023

The first Budget since October 2021 was widely expected to be an uneventful affair. Five months ago, the then new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, presented an Autumn Statement that was more of a Budget than many formal Budgets. Not only did his Autumn Statement result in a greater increase in the tax burden than most Budgets…

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16 Dec 2022
The Scottish Budget 2022

The Scottish Budget 2022

The Scottish Budget arrived towards the end of a busy week for economic news and the Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, set out “four important factors” in arriving at the measures announced in the 2023/24 Scottish Budget. Subject to these major constraints, Mr Swinney set out three priorities for “a different path” from that taken…

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18 Nov 2022
UK Government Autumn Statement 2022

UK Government Autumn Statement 2022

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement came against the background of a Spring Statement and a September ‘mini-Budget’ (which has now been substantially reversed). The overall context is a European recession and high inflation in the wake of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. The Autumn Statement was presented as a difficult and necessary…

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6 Oct 2022
Time to be patient

Time to be patient

‘The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient’ – Warren Buffett   With headlines providing a steady stream of less than good news, we are writing to provide some illustrations which we hope will ease any concerns you have, and hopefully frame current volatility in the context of long-term…

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2 Sep 2022
Thorntons Investments shortlisted for Best AIM Portfolio Service

Thorntons Investments shortlisted for Best AIM Portfolio Service

We are delighted to again be shortlisted for Best AIM Portfolio Service at the Growth Investor Awards 2022. For comment from the Growth Investor Awards please see below: It’s been another hugely competitive field of entries for this year’s Growth Investor Awards, hosted by Intelligent Partnership. With the standard so high, it’s impressive to see…

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31 Aug 2022
Charity Quiz

Charity Quiz

Each year our staff choose a charity to support – it’s normally something that has affected a member of the team personally, and this year is no different. In recent years, we’ve supported charities including Scottish Cot Death Trust, Beat Eating Disorders, CICRA (Crohn’s disease) and Maggies Centres. To raise money, we have a regular…

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15 Aug 2022
Consumer Duty

Consumer Duty

The FCA desires all firms to put their clients at the heart of their business by offering products and services that are fit for purpose and represent fair value. The FCA intends to do this by introducing the Consumer Duty, their new principle to ensure that “good outcomes” are the industry standard.  The Consumer Duty…

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