This morning’s HMRC update shows that Inheritance Tax (IHT) receipts recorded a total of £701 million in May 2025. That brings the total IHT collected in the first two months of the 2025/26 financial ...

This increase is down to inflation mainly – as is the case with many other industries. Home insurance providers are finding repairs and labourers generally more expensive, and are passing these extra ...

This morning’s HMRC tax receipts update shows that Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts recorded a total of £1.48 billion in May 2025, an increase of £50 million on the same month last year. That ...

However, the study, which surveyed 350 underwriting, actuarial, and IT professionals working in Specialty and Commercial insurance across the UK and US, also found that many insurers are still ...

It’s not hard to find reasons to be negative about the UK’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Companies seem to be leaving on a daily basis, former market giants are struggling and IPOs are scarcer ...

61% of festivalgoers have lost their belongings or had them stolen while at a festival – the average value of lost or stolen items is £368. Wallets/money were the most commonly lost item (60%), ...

Yes, as always, there has been significant newsflow in the interim (we will continue to observe events in the Middle East closely), but as we sift through the economic data we have received in the ...

Fidelity’s analysis of the latest PLSA Retirement Living Standards reveals what it really takes to retire comfortably in 2025. Research shows a growing focus on retirement savings, particularly among ...

Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’Sentiment remains subdued as investors brace for the Iran-Israel conflict to intensify. Oil prices remain sharply higher on the ...

Barnett Waddingham (BW) has led the advice for a landmark pension transaction that sees Church Mission Society (CMS) and the trustee of the CMS Pension Scheme agree to transfer members to ...

Barnett Waddingham (BW), has strengthened its bulk annuities team with the appointment of Oliver Ward as Principal and Risk Transfer Actuary. Oliver brings with him over a decade of experience from ...

For 18-24 year olds, they use TikTok for over an hour a day on average, commonly finding and sharing news articles - 28% of users say that they do. Is it any wonder that with these rapidly increasing ...