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The answer is when it is not yours to give! You may have seen the article in the Telegraph last month, about Ebenezer Aregbesola who, in 2007, used Barclays £90 Will-writing service. In the Will he left his half of his home to his daughter Tinuola, with his wife (not Tinuola’s mother) owning the balance. […]

The situation with Greece and the EU is moving so fast that, by the time you read this, its contents may be out of date! There is no doubt that Greece should not be in the single currency. At the time of joining, the criteria for doing so were not met: the figures were blurred […]

A round of applause goes to Ian & Mark who have just returned from an exhausting 3 day, 300km cycle ride raising money for The Samaritans. They joined 42 other riders who rode from Venice to Verona following the foothills of the Dolomites. Todate the group has raised an amazing £100,000! Heres a brief summary […]

Deposit protection falls to £75,000 In line with EU requirements, every five years the PRA must review the protection given to deposit fund holders to ensure that there is a 100,000 Euro cap. The review means that from the end of December the current protection level of £80,000 will reduce to £75,000. UKIP will no […]

This is not the headline that you saw last month, and for understandable reasons. The billions that were wiped off the stock markets meant that investors lost thousands, if not millions. Of course, you can argue that now is a good time to invest. If you invest when the market reaches the bottom, you will […]

Last month we discussed the possibility of a rise in interest rates. We think that the anticipated rise in interest rates will not happen this year. As things stand, interest rates are most likely to rise in February of next year.  Mr Carney is a very clever man. Making the smallest suggestion in his Mansion […]