News

04Mar
2020

COVID-19 & your investments

A friend of mine who is the head of Sales at a UK national office supply company tells me that they sold 30,000 bottles in two days two weeks ago and are on back order with the manufacturer. Zoom shares are, well, zooming, as ...

04Mar
2020

March 2020 – Client Newsmail

At the risk of clogging up your inbox, here is our latest Newsmail with some articles which would be worth reading. A reflection from an investment perspective on COVID-19 and its impact on the stockmarkets; an explanation of ...

16Jan
2019

January 2019 – Client Newsmail

All of us at Flowers McEwan would like to wish you a successful but not-too-exciting investment year ahead. In this exciting newsmail we have: some calming investment counsel for unpredictable times; a nudge to check that ...

16Jan
2019

How to achieve an unbelievable savings goal

I was recently reminded of some wise but simple advice about how to save. Warning: this advice is hard (like brushing your teeth and hitting your step target each day) and boring (in the short term, like watching your garden ...

16Jan
2019

Avoiding Sim-Swap Fraud

Murray writes: Recently my daughter’s phone stopped working for no apparent reason.  As she is using her phone a lot for work this was an immediate point of crisis. She investigated and was distressed to learn that she ...

16Jan
2019

Brexit Investment Blues

Despite the fact that uncertainty in the investment markets is always a certainty – they are often telling us that if there is one thing they don’t like – it is uncertainty. Well, the uncertainty is very obvious in ...

16Jan
2019

January 2019 – The need to submit a tax return

You may well be registered with HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs) and be submitting an annual tax return in January already. If not, and if you think any of the following apply to you then you should speak with ...

05Sep
2018

September 2018 – Client Newsmail

Our newsletters are, by and large, part of our advice and planning service to you. Over the course of this year, as we carry out annual reviews with our clients, we are reviewing our data protection and communications with ...

05Sep
2018

Who can you trust in the financial world?

Who can you trust in the financial world? How does someone go about finding a good financial adviser? Back in the olden days you would call a number on an advert or ask a friend. In these digital days, people tend to search ...

05Sep
2018

Tax changes which may affect you (Spring Statement 2018)

There have been some important tax changes this year. They won’t necessarily amount to a lot of money but they may well require action: From the 6th April 2018 the rates and bands of tax that apply to Scottish ...