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Summer Insights 2026

Financial Focus: Summe 2026

Summer has arrived with a heatwave and season of sport. As the World Cup progresses, football fever is ramping up. In our feature for this edition we look at what the beautiful game can teach investors in terms of reactions to sudden shocks and playing the long game....
Starmer out, Burnham in: what’s next?

Starmer out, Burnham in: what’s next?

The resignation on Monday 22 June of Sir Keir Starmer, timed for shortly before the (delayed) arrival at Euston of former mayor of Manchester, now MP for Makerfield Andy Burnham, could mark a major change in UK fiscal and economic policy. At the time of writing, it...
Spring insights 2026 - PK Partnership

Financial Focus: Spring 2026

With the first signs of spring... With the first signs of spring comes expectation of the new tax year and changes across the tax spectrum. The announcement that sparked protests from farmers following its initial proposal in the Autumn 2024 Budget has since been...

Financial Focus: Autumn 2024

In this issue...The new Chancellor has been laying the groundwork for her forthcoming Budget since before the election and following her report of a £22 billion hole in the nation’s finances, some painful measures are likely at the end of October.   Taxpayers are...

Financial Focus: Summer 2024

In this issue...We are pleased to share with you the summer issue of Financial Focus. .If you have any questions or we can be of any assistance please call 020 8681 4994.  

Rupees, Pounds or Dollars? The Asian Art Market in Review

Guest blog from one of our preferred valuation partners, Doerr Dallas Valuations. Author: Laura Williams, Indian Art Specialist. Nobody anticipated the extreme highs of the past few weeks. Particularly in what may potentially be the worst recession of our lifetime. In...

Video witnessing for wills

The Government is changing rules to allow remote witnessing of wills via video calls in England and Wales. It is already legal in Scotland, but not yet in Northern Ireland. New legislation in September 2020 will backdate the measure to 31 January 2020, but two...

Autumn 2020 | In Focus

Autumn 2020 | In Focus

With people starting to return to the office and schools and universities reopening, it appears that life is beginning to tentatively resume its usual rhythms this autumn. As the longer term effects of the lockdown become apparent, we look at some short term future...

Sharp fall for dividends

UK dividends were down more than 50% in the second quarter of 2020. The pandemic has hit the global economy hard and devasted the dividend payments of many leading UK companies. Between April and June 2020, total UK dividend payments were 57.2% lower than in the...

Things are slowly returning to normal…

As Government lockdown measures continue to ease for most sectors, we have started our phased return to the office, operating a skeleton staff throughout the week. Our switchboard number 020 8681 4994 is fully operational and individual members of the team can still...

Summer Statement 2020

An unprecedented Summer Statement was delivered today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak. Although the economy is starting to open up gradually after its pandemic-enforced quarantining, the chancellor's statement is an attempt to stem the damage from a...

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