Contractor Financials

In an exciting new venture, we have joined forces with Cater Allen to offer our clients free business banking with a host of benefits for Contractors. We are constantly asked by clients for recommendations on bank accounts for Contractors and in response have enlisted the help of Cater Allen, who are part of the Santander …

You’ve worked hard to build up funds in your company account but sadly its not been working hard for you recently. Its important to get the best possible returns on your cash and a new Royal Deposit Plan 2 account from RBS and Legal & General, offers a fixed rate of 4% pa for three …

If you contract through a One Man Ltd company then its almost certain that you have a business current account that is earning little to no interest. Interest rates on commercial accounts are especially woeful at present but an innovative product from a large High Street institution offers Contractors the chance to earn a far …

These are certainly interesting times that we are living in, with the fall of major banks including Lehman Brothers and HboS supposedly sounding the death knoll for the world financial system, the announcement on Monday that the Government is to offer a radical bailout package for our ailing banks should represent a necessary shoring up …

In light of recent tumultuous events in the financial markets we show how to safeguard your Company monies by spreading the risk. £35k of your savings in any one UK bank account are guaranteed but there is a little known failing in the scheme… With the banking crisis front page news each day we have …

Following an extraordinary rate cut of 1.5% earlier this month, Gordon Brown met with world leaders on Friday to convince them that a collective effort is needed to bring the economy out of its current crisis. A meeting of the so called ‘G20′ was convened to agree on a worldwide action plan to get the …

Summer has arrived at last and now’s the ideal time to dust off the bike, get down the gym and get into shape. Likewise there’s never been a better time to get our finances in trim, a task which is all the more vital in case the credit crunch and cost of living increases begin …

Even if by some miracle a commercial buyer had been found for Northern Rock, the message would have been the same…….. Abandon Ship! Through persuasion to go and disincentives to stay, the bank needs to encourage customers into remortgaging away so that it can shrink its liabilities. Existing borrowers are finding that the bank is …

January is always a great time to put in place those changes that will ensure you make the most of your cash in the coming 12 months. As Independent Financial Advisers we are always on hand to help and heres some suggestions to make 2007 a really prosperous year: Shop around for credit cards with …