My wife asked me the other day about this while reading a lot of conflicting comments on one of her online “baby forums” – there seems to be a lot of confusion around this. What is it? Child benefit is currently paid at £20.30 for the first child and then £13.40 for each child after […]
View ArticleQuick update for those of you who’ve been asking about the recovery. I crashed the bike on 17th April 2013 and broke my pelvis, collar bone and sustained nerve damage to left arm. With a big thanks to Suzanne Harmer at Body Therapy NI I got to the gym yesterday, three months and a day after […]
View ArticleIt was not really a surprise that the Bank Of England base rate was held today at 0.5%. Rates have been low for what feels like an eternity and they’re likely to remain at this level for some time yet. The big news was the Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to inject an extra £75 billion […]
View ArticleI came across this article in a blog recently and found it very useful. It certainly reflects what I’ve found when I’ve looked into how our wealthiest clients accumulated their wealth. There are 7 common factors to those who build net fortunes of one million dollars or more. In America, there has never been more […]
View ArticleJust to quickly update you on my status (!) – I had a meeting with a consultant last Tuesday who was sufficiently worried about my arm to ask me to come back in the morning for further tests. I was admitted to Altnagelvin hospital the next evening for exploratory surgery and this was followed up […]
View ArticleThis is just a quick blog post to let you know that I’ve been in hospital for the past eight days and was discharged yesterday. I’m working from home for a couple of days and plan to be back in the office on Monday. Last Wednesday I decided to ride my motorcycle to a conference […]
View ArticleWe believe that an ISA should always be considered if you have money to invest. Within a stocks and shares ISA you pay no capital gains tax and no further tax on any income. You can make withdrawals whenever you need. The current tax year ends on 5 April and the chance to shelter up […]
View ArticleI’ve just learned that I’m on a shortlist of six UK financial advisers who have been nominated for Social Media IFA of the year in the Media Adviser Awards 2013. This award is in recogntion of advisers who have contributed to the national media over the past 12 months. I was asked for comment about […]
View ArticleHello and welcome. We’re excited to launch our first official blog for Gibson Financial Planning. We are financial planners with a passion for getting it right and providing a service that our clients value and are happy to recommend to their friends. Hopefully this blog will give you a deeper insight into who we are […]
View Article7IM are an innovative investment house and I thought you’d appreciate these recent videos released today: By David Gibson <a href=”https://plus.google.com/100895853551824521220?rel=author”>Google</a>
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