How to increase your retirement savings as more people are expected to live to be 100 years old
It used to be uncommon to reach the age of 100, but data indicates that this will change in the future. According to the most rec...
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For buy-to-let properties, how much stamp duty do you pay?
We describe the rates that landlords should anticipate when purchasing a buy-to-let. In England and Northern Ireland, stamp duty ...
How you might benefit from the government's most recent cost of living initiatives
Among the main initiatives in the government's most recent attempts to assist households with the cost of living crisis are free bus trav...
Should the triple lock on state pensions be abolished?
Will anything change under the Labour government? There is increasing pressure on the government to change the state pension's co...
The UK's hotspot for tax errors is London; learn how to avoid a fine
According to recent data, more people in London than in any other part of the UK have come forward to HMRC to acknowledge they have paid ...
Index providers are changing their rulebooks as a result of megacap tech IPOs
A number of stock market index providers are reviewing their standards in an effort to expedite the inclusion of recently listed megacap ...
Which industries saw the biggest growth in dividend stock payments in Q1?
How do you buy dividend stocks? Investment manager Vanguard released data showing that global dividend payouts hit a record high ...
In Q1, dividends in the UK increased by 21% Which industries paid out the highest dividends?
Despite short-term uncertainty brought on by the Middle East conflict, UK dividends increased by more than a fifth to 16.4 billion in the...
Argues for a "double lock" rent cap and how it might affect landlords
Even though landlords are still getting used to the Renters Rights Act, more rent reforms are already being called for. Earlier t...
Here's how to take advantage of Serve Robotics' failure to meet investor expectations
The best strategy for trading share prices is explained by James Mackreides. Robotics is also becoming more and more prominent, e...
The "Lifespan Fund" is a new pension plan proposed by Tony Blair's think tank
The current state pension should be abandoned and replaced by a new flexible fund starting in 2030, according to a think tank headed by f...
What does this mean for your finances, and why are gilt yields increasing?
In the wake of the Iranian conflict, Gilt yields, or the amount of interest paid by the UK government on its debt, reached their highest ...
