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Last week Emily Loudon chaired the Careers in Finance Panel at University of Edinburgh Business School, held in partnership with The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (The CISI). The event brought together professionals from a range of roles across the finance sector to share experiences and practical advice. The key messages that came out…
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Each year our staff choose a charity to support with various fundraising activities throughout the year. This year, we are very pleased to be supporting MND Scotland. Motor Neurone Disease is a fatal, rapidly progressing neurological condition affecting up to 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time. The condition attacks the nerves, leaving…
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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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We are delighted that for the second year running Defaqto have given our AIM Inheritance Tax Portfolio service their top 5 Diamond and 5 Star ratings. These reflect performance and quality respectively. Their long established Diamond and Star Ratings were extended to AIM and Unlisted Business Relief services for the first time in 2024….
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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…
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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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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…
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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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