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In general, the five tax breaks available under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) make it one of the most attractive vehicles for private investment available in the current environment - 30% up front tax relief, freedom from Capital Gains and Inheritance...

The darkest days of the recession following the financial crisis in late 2008 may be behind us but for Britain's small firms it's not safe to relax quite yet.

YES: Does loyalty pay? Usually, the resounding answer is "definitely not" when it comes to financial products - but this is not the case in all scenarios.

Rob Burdett, co-head of Thames River Multi-Capital, highlights some of the challenges facing today's income seekers and suggests that going back to investment basics can help provide the solution.

BuyAssociation provides informative and completely independent guides to buying property overseas, making purchasing a property overseas easier and safer. Details such as the most popular locations in which to purchase property in a country, to any legal...

Investments generally carry two key risks, systematic risk and unsystematic risk.

Investments generally carry two key risks, systematic risk and unsystematic risk. Systematic risk is usually referred to as market risk or more commonly known as un-diversifiable risk.

Back when the national retirement age was first set, life expectancy was 72 and retirement was expected to be a few years of well earned rest. Now, it can last a third of our lives - and the figure is still rising. According to a study in the medical...

Dividends are often seen as a sign of confidence but they also reflect a company's commitment to shareholder value. On both accounts, Stuart Rhodes, manager of the M&G Global Dividend Fund thinks that the environment for dividends worldwide looks attractive....

Inflation fears have prompted the Bank of England to edge closer to raising interest rates, as the latest minutes of the bank's Monetary Policy Committee has shown, three of the nine-member committee voted for a rate hike in February.