9 Sep 2022
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen, and our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family at this time.
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2 Sep 2022
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
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
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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8 Aug 2022
A busy working week for Matthew Brown, Head of Discretionary Portfolio Management
This article first appeared in the Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce website, 8th August 2022, click here to view the article. Monday 25th July First day back from two weeks in Portugal. Wow, that’s a lot of emails! Working from home actually helped me plough through them. Fortunately the team had picked up…
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11 Jul 2022
Infrastructure
This article was first published by Citywire today (11th July) and can be found here. We have long been concerned about inflation but the events in Ukraine have resulted in levels higher than we had expected. As a result, at the start of the year, we significantly reduced the exposure to Fixed Interest within…
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9 May 2022
Reducing our carbon footprint
As a business we recognise the need to do more to reduce our carbon footprint and we are exploring ways to lower emissions and promote sustainability in our workplace. As a first step we have chosen to sponsor global climate action projects through Ecologi by making regular donations on behalf of all of our employees….
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24 Mar 2022
UK Government Spring Statement 2022
Just before Christmas, the Chancellor asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to produce an economic and fiscal forecast for 23 March. The timing and brief nature of the accompanying Treasury announcement reflected Mr Sunak’s wish to keep the Spring Statement a low-profile event. This was not meant to be a March mini-Budget, despite what…
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14 Mar 2022
Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)
Savers and investors have just under a month to use the £20,000 they can put into their tax-efficient Individual Savings Account (ISA) before the end of the financial year on 5 April. The current tax year started on 6 April 2021 and ends on 5 April 2022. ISAs enable you to minimise the amount of…
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9 Mar 2022
War in Ukraine
The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine following Putin’s scarcely believable attack is, quite rightly, front and centre of everyone’s thoughts. It is impossible to know what the outcome will be, with a range from something that does not bear contemplation to a Russian retreat and positive regime change. With uncertainty abounding, it is only right…
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