News

Private Client news stories:

• 20 Mar 2013
  Budget 2013: an overview
  Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his Budget for the coming year.
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• 26 Jun 2012
  Changes to Inheritance Tax legislation
  A 100 year old woman from Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway, left half of her £1.7m estate to 18 charities
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• 19 Jun 2012
  Pension gap narrowing
  A recent survey has found that the gap between men's and women's pensions is shrinking because male incomes are falling.
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• 30 May 2012
  Are buy-to-let properties a good investment?
  In the current financial climate of low interest rates and continued stock market volatility is buy-to-let worth considering?
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• 14 May 2012
  First UK On-demand chart launches
  A new Top 100 Rundown Chart is to be launched Monday 14th May and is the first chart to rank audio streams from both ad-funded and subscription services in the UK.
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• 29 Mar 2012
  A digital death - What happens to your online life when real life comes to an end?
  When most people think about bequeathing their belongings, it's the obvious things like the house, the car, bank accounts, family heirlooms and sentimental belongings that come to mind. However, what about our digital assets?
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• 1 Mar 2012
  Protecting vulnerable older people
  More and more people are wondering how best to support their elderly parents from afar.
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• 27 Feb 2012
  Get the flags out
  Olympic and Jubilee Street Parties - will health & safety restrictions limit them?
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• 24 Feb 2012
  Morton Fraser supports Woman of Influence with Tom Stade
  Many of Scotland’s top women in business, the arts and media, politics and law, education, health, and sport have been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Woman of Influence Award. The winner will be announced at a glittering ceremony on Sunday 11 Mar
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• 16 Feb 2012
  Are home buyers dragging prices down?
  The residential property market is a prime example of the economic supply and demand curve. At present, for a variety of reasons, the number of people in a position to put a clean offer on a property is low and thus demand is slow, naturally resulting in
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