The UK Budget

Ahead of the Budget this coming afternoon we asked business leaders Jason Woodford, CEO at digital marketing agency SiteVisibility and Al Bingle, Managing Director at Bishop’s Move, the UK’s largest family owned removals company, for their views on what the  Chancellor should focus on in this year’s Budget.   –  The UK needs a stamp duty […]

Ahead of the UK’s 2013/14 financial budget we ask Vince McLoughlin, Partner at business & tax advisory firm Russell New, for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing on Wednesday. – Capital Allowances – why not give businesses certainty in their investment decisions and maintain the allowance indefinitely? – Pension relief – what […]

Ahead of the UK’s 2013/14 financial budget we ask Alpesh Patel, financial author, trader and media commentator, for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing on Wednesday. For me the two key elements the Chancellor should do: 1. Encourage corporate investment through matched funding a.  The Government is keen not to spend and […]

Ahead of the UK’s 2013/14 financial budget we ask legendary trader John Piper for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing on Wednesday.     The UK is in a bit of a mess right and here is a quote from a recent report of my BIG CALL service: “Great News! It […]

One of the wisest things that I have ever heard, especially with respect to governmental budgeting, is that “Public works bake the cake, most politicians care only about the icing, and the public is concerned only about how much cake they are entitled to.”  From what we know today, George Osborne will buck that trend tomorrow […]

The Office for National Statistics announced that the consumer price index for the month of February rose to 2.8%, up from 2.7% in January and the three months prior.  WAIT!  Don’t go away.  This brief article is not financial techno-babble.  It should help you understand what the CPI and inflation means to you on a […]

Dear Mr Osborne. You are in a mess. The left attacks you for wicked cuts. Those with half a brain know that you are not cutting at all. Your budget this week is your last chance and so I offer you a radical set of suggestions to sort out Britain’s ills once and for all. And […]

Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets, commented in his Weekly Roundup: Accendo Markets is an online trading services provider, offering CFDs, spread betting and forex to retail (private) clients. Accendo Markets was established in 2007 and has since gone on to win various awards including “2012 Winner of Best Execution only CFD […]

Ahead of the publishing of ADVFN’s Alternative Budget 2013 we ask Zak Mir, ADVFN Newspaper writerm Senior Analyst at the Institute of Trading and Portfolio Management and author of Lessons from the Financial Markets for 2013, for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing next Wednesday. George, if you’re reading, you may […]

Flat taxes on income; 20% for earnings of £10k plus, 30% for over £50k, and 35% Ahead of the publishing of ADVFN’s Alternative Budget 2013 we ask legendary trader Robbie Burns, the Naked Trader, for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing next Wednesday. – Cut taxes and introduce flat taxes: For one […]