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Happy New Year to you. Having had a little break, returning to work seems like not a lot has changed. UK politics remains in a frightful...

We are almost there. Christmas is around the corner and my thoughts are already turning towards how the Christmas Turkey will impact on...

With some trepidation, I made my way more carefully into the office this morning, being Friday 13th after all. It is certainly a bad day...

Something different for you this week. I might not often display an affinity to our ex-cousins from across the channel, but boy does...

Is Donald Trump serious about tariffs? This has been the question hanging over not just world markets but the whole world of economics....

The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro had been billed as a moment for “the West and the Rest” to show unity, yet the various agendas that have...

Where do we go from here? Brexit was supposed to be the UK’s big opportunity to make its own brave path in negotiating global trade with,...

It seems harsh on Kemi Badenoch that her triumph in the Conservative party leadership election is not headlining my weekly update this...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her budget. The headlines for our clients are clear. Pension will fall into your estate for...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was in Washington this week for her first set of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual...

Inflation data gave us a pleasant but temporary break from geopolitics this week, as the consumer prices index (CPI) fell to 1.7 per cent...

After Sir Keir Starmer’s big win for Labour this summer, it looked like UK politics might settle down following years of Brexit-induced...

Before we look at markets we must pause and reflect on the lives lost in the US from Hurricane Helene. As I write this, over 120 are dead...

The Labour party conference passed without as much as a whimper this week, with fairly unexciting speeches from Rachel Reeves and Sir...

Investment markets have just got very interesting. Whilst the Bank of England held fast on further rate cuts this week to see how their...

Over the past week, I was delighted to hear the wonderful news that Princess Catherine has completed her chemotherapy treatment. The...

Last weekend, millions of eager fans spent hours trying to secure tickets for the highly anticipated Oasis reunion tour, set to take...

Since taking over from Joe Biden more than four weeks ago, Vice President Kamala Harris has exceeded expectations in the presidential...

The aftermath of the horrendous attack at a dance school in Southport last week has reverberated around the UK as violent protests and...

After weeks of unpredictable skies and cooler-than-normal temperatures, it felt like summer had gone missing this year. The warmth and...