Few will be reading this having not yet heard of artificial intelligence (AI). It has quickly moved from science fiction and a term reserved for specialist technology circles to a household phrase. The scale of AI-related investment is undoubtedly large. PwC estimates1 that global data-centre capital expenditure could be approximately US$800bn in 2026, potentially rising […]
ESTATE PLANNING – TOO IMPORTANT TO PUT ON HOLD All too often, people put off estate planning. This is understandable as, rather than preparing for the here and now, it requires you to consider what will happen when your life is over, hardly something most of us rush to contemplate. Consequently, estate planning often becomes […]
The Autumn Budget date has now been set for 28 October, with the new Chancellor facing some familiar challenges. At the end of a fortnight heavily laden with announcements from Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his revised cabinet, what may prove to be the most significant statement made its appearance late on a Friday afternoon: […]
Andy Burnham has plans to deal with long-term care in England. In March 2010, during the dying days of Gordon’s Brown’s Labour government, Andy Burnham was the Health Secretary. In that role, he published a White Paper on social care reform in England, proposing the establishment of a national care service. The new service was […]
How much would it cost to increase the income tax personal allowance? The personal allowance is the amount of income that you can receive free of income tax. Since 2010, the personal allowance has not been a universal figure because of the introduction of a taper if ‘adjusted net income’ exceeds £100,000. The taper gradually […]
Updated figures from HMRC reveal greener company cars are surging in popularity. This summer’s slew of statistics on income tax issued by HMRC revealed an interesting picture of how company car ownership has changed since 2020. The total company car population (the red line in the graph above) slumped to a low of 720,000 in […]
