This article first appeared on the Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce website, 26th May 2025, click here to view the article. Monday 12th May After a weekend of relaxing in glorious sunshine, it is back to my desk in our Edinburgh office. Monday is a day I try to avoid external meetings and…
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We aren’t huge fans of twenty-four-hour rolling news here at Thorntons Investments. Well, that’s not entirely true: having all the world’s information available to you at all times can prove invaluable when forming client portfolios. More accurately, we aren’t huge fans of sensationalist headlines that are part and parcel of the news agenda. “Worst week…
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In mid-March 2024, the then Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves gave the Mais lecture to the good and the great of the City. In it she set out her broad fiscal framework, including goals to: • Balance the current budget, i.e. match day-to-day government expenditure with revenues; and • Have a single fiscal event (i.e. Budget)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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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