AS PREDICTED, the Chancellor has proposed amendments to alternatively secured pensions (ASPs) – some with immediate effect and others from the first ASP year following April 2007.
Scotsman: Retiral – The Time Of Your Life?
MOST Scots reaching retiral in the 21st century aface a much brighter future than their predecessors last century.
Scotsman: Soap Box
GORDON Brown gave and Gordon Brown hath taken away. After nearly a decade we should have got used to this basic rule, but it still upsets.
Scotsman: Dunedin Takes A Long-term Outlook On Success
PROVIDING long-term capital appreciation from a portfolio of small-cap UK companies while providing a sector-leading dividend yield is the aim of the Dunedin Smaller Companies Investment Trust – part of the Aberdeen Asset Management stable.
Scotsman: Every Dollar Cloud Has Potential Silver Lining For The Small Club Investor
IS THE mighty dollar in its death throws, or just having a snooze? Either way, does it matter to a small-fry Investment Club?
Scotsman: Scots ‘failing To Take IHT Seriously’
SCOTS are “sleepwalking” into higher tax bills in the future because they are failing to take inheritance tax (IHT) seriously, warns Anderson Strathern, a Scottish law firm.
Scotsman: Love Thy Neighbour … Or Risk Missing Out On Selling Your Home
HOUSE sellers need to think beyond just cleaning up their own home for sale and make sure their neighbours just smile nicely and don’t let slip any dirt on the neighbourhood, according to a new report.
Scotsman: Life Firms Under Fire On Endowment Claims
SCOTTISH-based life companies using a time-barring tactic to avoid claims from policy holders are misleading the public, warns a Scottish endowment claims specialist.
Scotsman: So Brown Is The Best Chancellor Ever? Yo-ho-ho
Survey finding comes straight from Toytown
Scotsman: Silence Says Lots About Brown’s Attitude To Tax
CHANCELLOR targets pensions yet again