The pension landscape in the UK is undergoing significant changes, with new rules set to take effect in April 2027. Under these reforms, pensions will lose their inheritance tax (IHT) exemption, ...

A lot has happened in the digital world since American entrepreneur Andrew Weinreich established SixDegrees, the first online social network, in 1997. Named after the theory that we are all ...

His aim in so doing was to ensure that he would be able to pass some of his hard-earned wealth to his children. His pension and the family home were his only real wealth. When the new IHT tax rules on ...

The Labour Government’s far-reaching reforms in the last Budget will make everyone’s task of planning for a comfortable retirement considerably more complicated, writes Alex Shairp ...

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Alex Shairp, founder at Glasgow-based Blackmount Private Wealth: "Politicians attract ridicule for changing their mind on important matters. In this case, I can understand why. The Government ...