Many of us living in the Middle East experience a very comfortable lifestyle. We don’t particularly have to worry about crime or natural disasters and with a large expat community to make us feel at home, it is very easy to forget we are living under very different terms...
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The 585 page document puts forward the current governments proposed agreement with the EU for when the UK officially leaves in March next year. With the outcome of Brexit still up in the air, the warning ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’ rings very true. Should the UK...
On Tuesday the 6th November Americans went to the polls to vote. The outcome of the vote turned out in largely the same way it was expected to with the Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives and the Republicans retaining control of the Senate, but does this...
The Autumn Budget 2018 has been released – two days ahead of the norm due to Brexit negotiations – nothing at all to do with avoiding some great Halloween puns. It’s the final budget before Brexit and having trawled through the Hammond files, I can tell you there are...
A duty incumbent on all of us within the financial industry, and certainly within my practice at Hoxton, is to help protect and secure the personal economy of the humble hard-working soul. As a family man driven by high ethics and transparency, I care deeply about my clients and...
… Just ride with it. There’s a general feeling of Brexit-fueled uncertainty in the air – even here on our sun-kissed and peaceful shores in the UAE. Unfortunately, that sense of unease seems to have given rise to a growing number of ‘pleas for help’ from expats worried about...
Data – the eternal struggle. We all know that data is what makes or breaks you in this business. Typically, this is where BDMs struggle most and usually this is also where they receive the least support from the company and fellow colleagues. At Hoxton we understand that it...
… If you’re ‘deposit ready’, what are you waiting for? As part of a mortgage advisory team here at Hoxton, we appreciate the enormity of the decision to buy a home or invest in a property-to-let. That’s why we have a dedicated team of specialists who are consistently tracking...
A Will is a legal document that states how you want your assets to be distributed after you die. It has no effect until you die and you can change it whenever you want. The vast majority of people postpone writing a Will. This could be due in pert...
Background The lifetime allowance taxwas introduced in 2006 at a level of£1.5 million. It then increased each year to 2010,when it reached a level of£1.8 million. Since 2010, there have been a number of pension reforms which have led to the lifetime allowance being reduced.Its current level in the...