By Rachel Efetha, Chartered Financial Planner. What are Venture Capital Trusts A Venture Capital Trust (VCT) is a type of investment fund in the UK that invests in small, growing businesses. The UK government encourages people to invest in VCTs by offering attractive tax benefits, as these funds provide crucial support to early-stage companies. [...]
By Rachel Efetha, Chartered Financial Planner with Anstee & Co. With more of our clients finding that their capacity to invest in Pensions is limited either by the Tapered Annual Allowance or because they are nearing the Lifetime Allowance, they are coming to us for advice on the alternatives to pensions. A viable alternative is [...]
By Tracey Foster, Financial Planner Although we know every year the end of the tax year will fall on 5 April – there are some of us who will always leave potential ISA (Individual Savings Accounts) and Pension contributions to the last minute! In my last article, I talked about the Tapered Annual Allowance and [...]
