The Results Are In Following six weeks of intense campaigning, the result is in. The electorate has delivered its verdict. In Britain’s first December general election in nearly 100 years, the Conservative Party has won a very comfortable majority, soaring past the magic 326 seat mark in the early hours of Friday morning. With the…
Market updates for November 2019
Domestically, November saw campaigning for the forthcoming General Election while globally, Donald Trump’s tweets on increasing trade tariffs had an impact on Equity markets. With the General Election now just over a week away, the Conservatives are leading the polls and the betting odds but the outcome remains relatively tight and uncertainty still remains as…
Key points from the Liberal Democrat party manifesto
We are summarising the key points from the three main political party manifestos that impact financial planning. Here are the key policies from the Liberal Democrats: Personal taxes Increase all rates of income tax by 1%. Abolish the capital gains tax annual exemption and instead “tax capital gains and salaries through a single allowance”. Although…
Key points from the Conservative party manifesto
We are summarising the key points from the three main political party manifestos that impact financial planning. Here are the key policies from the Conservatives: Personal taxes No increases in income tax rates. No increase in NIC rates. NIC threshold to be raised to £9,500 for 2020/21 with an “ultimate ambition” to raise it to…
Key points from the Labour party manifesto
We are summarising the key points from the three main political party manifestos that impact financial planning. First up, these are the policies from Labour: Personal taxes The threshold for the 45% income tax rate would be reduced to £80,000 a year and a new “Super-rich Rate” (not detailed, but presumably the 50% proposed in…
The Wealth Partnership
Essential Wealth Management are proud to be members of The Wealth Partnership. The Wealth Partnership is made up of a small number of financial planners within the Openwork network, that adhere to a charter promoting high standards of financial advice through professionalism, competence and ethical behaviour.
Q&A with Natasha
Natasha joined us in November 2018, and we asked her about her experiences, achievements and her views from the past 12 months. Why did you apply for the role at Essential Wealth? I was excited by the graduate trainee programme which offered a comprehensive career path and progression within the company. From my first interview, I felt…
Market updates for October 2019
October came and went with Brexit being extended again, and the opposition parties finally agreeing to Boris Johnson’s request to go to the polls with a general election now called for 12 December. The FTSE 100 ended October at 7,248.38 which was 2.2% lower than September’s closing figure. In the US, the Dow Jones 30…
HMRC publish annual stamp duty land tax statistics
HMRC have recently produced annual stamp duty statistics which make for interesting reading. It shows that stamp duty receipts decreased by 7% to £11,940 million in 2018/19. However, after discounting the effect of first-time buyers’ relief and devolution to Wales the fall would be around 3%. Properties valued at £250,000 or less, accounted for 59%…
Meet Georgina
We were delighted to welcome Georgina to our team and now that she has been with us for a few months, we asked her to share her views about her role and about working with Essential Wealth Management. What attracted you to the position of Executive Assistant at EWM? The person specification immediately appealed to…
