Gold has now been included among the list of approved investments for certain types of tax efficient pension schemes in Jersey.The Jersey Comptroller of Income Tax has approved the inclusion of gold bullion as part of Retiremen...
Read More »Skipton International has employed two new mortgage underwriters to help with its expanding lending business.Paullette King and Laurelle May will take the local underwriting team up to six, and initially the p...
Read More »Chancellor George Osborne claimed the Coalition's economic policies were delivering a "brighter economic future" after official figures showed growth last year was the best since 2007.Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.9% in 2013 and has now recovered the lion's share of out...
Read More »Jersey and Hungary have signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) at the Hungarian Embassy in London.The Agreement was signed by the Minister for External Relations, Senator Sir Philip Bailhache, and t...
Read More »Baker & Partners has bolstered its matrimonial and contentious trusts practices with the appointment of two senior professionals.Kirsty Thomas has joined as a Senior Associate, with responsibility for guiding the firm’s mat...
Read More »Barclays will close a quarter of its 1,600 branches in the UK and cut hundreds of investment banking jobs as it aims to slash costs to meet targets, it is reported.The bank will replace around 400 branches with smaller sites in Asda supermarkets, the Financial Tim...
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