by fpgonline | Jun 5, 2015 | Latest News & Blog
Keeping larger sums of money squirrelled in basic bank accounts, earning little or no interest, is an all-too-common situation according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – they say that more than £160bn in cash savings is languishing in low-interest accounts...
by fpgonline | Jun 3, 2015 | Latest News & Blog
It is estimated that more than four million married couples and civil partners could benefit from tax allowance changes that came into effect earlier this year. Have you registered to make the most of the new rules? From April 6, couples with one non-taxpayer and one...
by fpgonline | Jun 2, 2015 | Latest News & Blog
Not all mortgage deals need to be done at break-neck speed, but sometimes, for whatever circumstances, time is of the absolute essence. Just a few weeks ago we arranged a mortgage, from initial meeting with the client, to offer, in just 10 days. We initially met the...
by fpgonline | May 29, 2015 | Latest News & Blog
Visitors to The Financial Planning Group exhibition stand at last week’s Richmond Expo took part in a novel, sweet-themed experiment, with guests being asked to estimate the number of jelly beans in the FPG jar. The average estimate of all participants was very...
by fpgonline | May 20, 2015 | Latest News & Blog
The Bank of England’s announcement that Deflation, as had been predicted for several months, has returned to the UK economy for the first time in over 50 years, prompted economists and financial commentators to evaluate the affect a fall in prices will have on the...
by fpgonline | May 19, 2015 | Latest News & Blog
Although the UK economy was one of the strongest in the developed world in 2014, the UK stock market returned just 1.2 per cent. The globally-diversified developed world index returned 12.1 per cent. News headlines can paint an inaccurate picture of the effect of...