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14 February 2019

Housing Watch: Empty retail units could be utilised for housing

Mortgage Strategy reports “Housing Watch: Empty retail units could be utilised for housing”. “As the number of people using the Help to Buy scheme continues to grow year-on-year, how can we satisfy demand for new housing?” Read more.

13 February 2019

Love em or love em – life at work

“One in five of us claim to like everyone at work. Like it or not, if you choose a standard office job you’ll probably be spending the best part of your waking hours with your colleagues five days a week. Getting on with them is likely to make your days significantly more pleasant. A YouGov […]

12 February 2019

Breakfast got smaller

The BBC reports “Bread and breakfast cereals are the most likely to be affected by shrinkflation, whereby a product shrinks in size but its price doesn’t. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) studied the price of 17,000 items between September 2015 and June 2017. It found 206 products in all categories had shrunk in size, […]

11 February 2019

Preparing for IR35 changes

In 2018’s Budget, chancellor Philip Hammond announced plans to radically change the way thousands of private sector businesses engage the estimated 900,000 limited company contractors in the UK. “From April 2020, every medium and large private sector business in the UK will become responsible for setting the tax status – or as it is more […]

8 February 2019

Wellbeing measures in the UK

According to the Office of National Statistics: “Between the years ending June 2017 and June 2018: the average life satisfaction, worthwhile, happiness and anxiety ratings showed no overall change in the UK; however, fewer people reported low happiness ratings and more people reported very low anxiety ratings. The proportion of people reporting very low anxiety […]

7 February 2019

First time buyers save £426m from stamp duty relief

According to Your Money “More than 180,500 people have benefited from changes to stamp duty for first time buyers. Figures from HMRC show that First Time Buyers Relief, introduced over a year ago has saved them a total of £426m.” Read more here.

6 February 2019

Here is Brewin Dolphin’s market outlook for 2019

“Markets have entered 2019 in a wary mood following the worst year for global stocks since the financial crisis. This time last year we cautioned that markets could be more volatile in 2018, but as the year progressed the scale of the volatility was greater than anticipated. As 2018 ended, all major stock market indexes […]

5 February 2019

House price growth weakest since February 2013

Mortgage Strategy reports “The latest house price index from Nationwide shows that annually, house prices increased by 0.5 per cent in December, the lowest growth rate recorded since February 2013. This time last year, the figure stood at 2.6 per cent.” Read more.

4 February 2019

Congratulations, you’re expecting!

Expecting a baby is one thing, understanding and planning for the financial repercussions is another. According to Royal London “The Centre for Economics & Business Research found the cost of raising a child born in 2016 to the age of 21 has risen to £231,834. This is a 65 per cent increase on figures from […]

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