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03 Apr 2020Weekly round-up (week of 30/03/2020)
03/04/2020 - Daniel Casali provides a round-up of key market activity during the week of 30th March. -
03 Apr 2020Metals & Mining Sector – An Opportunity Ahead?
03/04/2020 - The metals & mining sector has been amongst the worst hit sectors amid the recent market volatility relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has always been a high beta sector exposed to global consumption, and it has once again proven thus. -
03 Apr 2020Modelling business change in a pandemic
03/04/2020 - Nobody knows the length or depth of the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. Many businesses will be looking at bank loans to tide them over this period - and possibly for the medium to longer term. -
03 Apr 2020Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)
03/04/2020 - Accessing funds via CBILS is not straightforward. Here are our tips for giving yourself the best chance. -
02 Apr 2020Oil & Gas: Impact of the Saudi-Russian Oil War and COVID-19
02/04/2020 - While global equity markets have bounced from lows over the last two weeks oil prices have not followed suit, instead continuing their fall to levels last seen in November 2002. -
02 Apr 2020Sports people: handling a break in earnings
02/04/2020 - Efforts to halt the spread of coronavirus have hit the sporting world hard. The Premier League is suspended until at least the end of April, the Olympics until next year and many other sporting fixtures postponed or cancelled. Unable to play, sports people may already be seeing a hit to their income. -
01 Apr 2020UK Farming – the impacts of a lower Entrepreneurs’ Relief limit
Following the reduction in the lifetime limit of Entrepreneurs’ Relief in the recent Budget, how will UK farmers looking to pass farms down the generations during lifetime or sell to get out of the industry altogether be impacted? -
31 Mar 2020Can giving away assets during the crisis provide tax-saving opportunities?
31/03/2020 - There is no road map for private individuals to navigate the current crisis, which is proving to be an extremely testing time for everyone. However, there are some tax opportunities investors could consider to cushion the blow. -
31 Mar 2020Weekly Tax Update 31 March 2020
The latest tax update and VAT round up for the week. -
30 Mar 2020Professional Practices: Sound financial management in tough times
In light of the challenging and fast-moving environment professional practices are operating in during the COVID-19 crisis, here is a summary of some key areas to focus on. -
27 Mar 2020Some of the necessary conditions to stabilise the markets have improved
27/03/2020 - It’s hard to believe that just over a month ago global equities were trading at all-time highs. -
27 Mar 2020COVID-19: Self-employed income support scheme
27/03/2020 - The Chancellor has announced an income support scheme to help the self-employed through the current financial crisis, designed to be on a par with support for employees. The self-employed can, however, continue trading throughout this period. -
26 Mar 2020Real Estate: Discounts and the long-term resilience of REITs
26/03/2020 - Real estate has historically delivered strong and consistent returns to investors. For example, the MSCI UK Monthly Property Index has shown annualised returns of 8.6% in the 10 years to February 2020 (MSCI). -
26 Mar 2020Market volatility and trading strategy
26/03/2020 - At Smith & Williamson we pride ourselves on the efficiency and skills of our dealing team, who processed over £9bn of trades last year, and saved clients millions of pounds by achieving excellent prices. But in recent weeks our team, with over 150 years’ combined experience trading, including during the 1987 crash, 9/11 and the Global Financial Crisis, have seen unprecedented and difficult conditions. -
25 Mar 2020Tax: temporary deferral of all VAT payments
25/03/2020 - As part of a raft of measures aimed at mitigating the economic impact of COVID-19, the Chancellor has announced a temporary deferral of all VAT payments. The deferral applies to all VAT payments due from 20 March 2020 until 30 June 2020, which will not be due for payment until April 2021. -
25 Mar 2020Government support for Coronavirus-hit businesses
[Updated 26/03/2020] - With the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the UK government has announced the ways in which it plans to support UK individuals and businesses through this challenging period.