Following his announcement in the last Autumn Statement, Philip Hammond today gave his first Spring Budget, but also his last Spring Budget. He will announce his first Autumn Budget later in the year, followed by a new Spring Statement, which will apparently be nothing like the old Autumn Statements. In the context of Brexit and the upcoming triggering of Article 50,...
[no_blockquote text="“DON’T JUST DO SOMETHING, STAND THERE.” JACK BOGLE" show_border="yes" show_quote_icon="yes"][vc_separator type="transparent" thickness="1" up="25" down="0"] I couldn’t resist posting this video, from Vanguard founder Jack Bogle, on why the ‘traditional’ finance industry has got it all the wrong way round....
Here as usual is our summary of the main announcements in today’s Budget, with some thoughts and comments to boot. The build-up to this Budget suggested it could be far-reaching and highly memorable, but in the end it appears that political pressures linked to the EU referendum in June may have got the better of the Chancellor. There was a lot...