After months of doom & gloom predictions, the British economy delivered some surprisingly good news last week. Exporters and manufacturers have recorded massive surges in activity, consumers revelled in the summer sales, and tourists took advantage of the plunging pound. But before we all breathe a huge sigh of relief, we should remind ourselves that […]
In a post-Brexit economy, reducing risk is a top priority for landowners and property developers. In a recent post, I concluded that all signs point to the property market softening over the next 18 months and London could suffer the most. The extent of how far the sector will fall depends on a number of […]
According to recent research, women still earn about 18% less than men on average, 46 years after the first Equal Pay Act was passed in 1970 despite former Prime Minister David Cameron vowing that the government would close the pay gap within a generation. Women’s fight for equal pay has been a long and bitter […]
In May 2016, the British Government announced its intention to introduce a new Bill to simplify the complex Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (the Scheme). The Small Charitable Donations Bill will be constructed from feedback received during a consultation process which ran from April to July 2016. The new Bill has been welcomed by charity […]
Do you have a Sponsor Licence? What You Can Learn from The Byron Hamburger Case – Stuck between a bun and a hard place? It was almost biblical. Conjuring up images of the great plagues unleashed by Moses in the Exodus story, two protest groups released a “swarm of insects” into two of Byron Hamburger’s […]
Flood damage is messy and devastating. It leaves family memories and treasured possessions sodden and ruined. The worst thing to say to a person affected by a natural disaster is; “it’s only stuff”. Maybe so, but it’s my stuff, my history and in some cases my dreams. Global warming means the flood risk in many parts of Britain is only going […]
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the sixth Duke of Westminster passed away last week. His son, Hugh Grosvenor, inherits not only his late father’s title, but a fortune of around £9.35 billion, making him the third richest man in Britain (and arguably the country’s most eligible bachelor after Price Harry). He also will not have to have […]
Public confidence in the NHS is vital. It is an institution that the British public are proud of – and rightly so. Doctors, nurses and other health professionals, not to mention thousands of administrative staff do a tremendous job of looking after the sick and injured. In April this year, to help improve peoples’ certainty […]
How Choosing the Country you Divorce in Can Affect the Financial Settlement The divorce of Christina Estrada and Saudi businessman Sheikh Walid Juffali will be forever remembered for the amount of money Ms Estrada stated that she needed to maintain her lifestyle. Under cross-examination, the former supermodel stated that she required: £40,000 a year for […]
