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BP increases spending on oil and gas and renewables

While the profits, dividend, buybacks and debt reductions will grab a lot of the headlines, perhaps the most interesting number in BP’s full-year results...

Fri, 10/02/2023 - 10:17

Is a Lifetime ISA a good alternative to a pension?

Getting the biggest bang for your retirement buck will be one of the key considerations for people choosing where to invest their hard-earned savings.

For...

Wed, 01/02/2023 - 14:06

Lifetime ISA turns five: how one investor turned £12,000 into £215,000

The new tax year marks five years since the Lifetime ISA was launched, after George Osbourne’s surprise announcement just a year earlier that he was...

Wed, 01/02/2023 - 11:53

EasyJet heads back toward cruising altitude

A lower loss than a year ago, increased passenger numbers and revenues per customer and guidance for higher-than-expected profits for the full year all suggest...

Thu, 26/01/2023 - 13:09

Ocado Retail faces yet another year in loss as lockdown boom fades

“Another year, another loss and another trading deficit is on the cards for 2023 from Ocado Retail food delivery joint-venture between Ocado and ...

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 09:53

FTSE 100 dividends forecast to hit new record in 2023 but slowing profit growth and recession pose a threat

After the index’s autumn rally and cuts to analysts’ dividend forecasts, the FTSE 100 is now expected to yield 3.8% in 2022. The index’s total...

Thu, 12/01/2023 - 15:44

Apple loses a trillion dollars of market cap in a year

Super-spy Austin Power’s nemesis, Dr. Evil, used to get his millions, billions and trillions mixed up when he tried to hold the world to ransom,...

Thu, 05/01/2023 - 18:14

Change to capital gains tax rules – what you need to know

Over the next two years, the tax-free allowance for capital gains is being slashed by over 75%. In this article I discuss the rules on...

Wed, 04/01/2023 - 15:36

Five key themes that shaped portfolios’ investment returns in 2022

Portfolio builders – not to mention our economies, central bankers and politicians – have become accustomed to an era of cheap energy, food, goods and...

Tue, 20/12/2022 - 10:59

Micron first-quarter results

Silicon chips are a good guide to global economic health owing to their ubiquity – they are everywhere, from smart phones to laptops, car to...

Fri, 16/12/2022 - 10:44

UK unemployment, wage growth and inflation figures

The search for the peak in inflation goes on, while workers continue to hope (and strike) for pay increases which protect the purchasing power of...

Fri, 09/12/2022 - 12:05

Telecom Plus sends out all the right signals with first-half results

The failure of energy suppliers such as bulb, ampower, igloo, Hub Energy and many, many more has caused great distress to many householders, but a...

Wed, 23/11/2022 - 11:24

Tax bills set to spiral as Chancellor confirms deep freeze on personal taxation

It’s not yet Christmas, but Scrooge has arrived early. The nation was braced for tax hikes after the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, used the weekend...

Fri, 18/11/2022 - 09:04

How to measure the success (or otherwise) of the Autumn Statement

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt could be forgiven for viewing the ultimate success or failure of the fiscal policies outlined in the Autumn Statement...

Wed, 16/11/2022 - 16:42

BP unveils fourth share buyback of 2022 as tax debate rages on

The debate over the rights and wrongs of BP’s bumper profits will run and run, but from the narrow perspective of investment the oil...

Thu, 03/11/2022 - 17:40

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