Bespoke - for private clients
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
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Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
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Bespoke,
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2011,
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Our most popular posts of the past year reflect the tax-related interests and wealth management concerns of high earners and high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the UK. Here they are in reverse order. The tax landscape is ever-changing, though, so speak to your tax adviser to find out the latest news on the topics covered.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
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Business,
Day in the life,
Green,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
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investment,
HNWIs,
Grant Thornton,
HNWI,
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Bespoke,
wealth,
magazine,
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Bespoke magazine,
subscribe,
publications,
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The latest issue of Grant Thornton’s Bespoke magazine is out now and comes packed with lifestyle features, tax perspectives and wealth management issues, and other hot topics facing high earners and high net worth individuals in the UK. Here’s what you’ll find in our latest issue and how to join our mailing list.
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: investment,
HNWI,
Bespoke magazine,
investing,
value,
collecting,
guide,
prices,
collectible,
musical instruments,
buying,
violins,
expert,
rare
There are definitely strings attached to investing in rare musical instruments with little or no provenance. Not only does it take considerable expertise to assess the authenticity of an investment-class violin, but most collectors are also classical music patrons who lend out their investment to the world’s best players. Lisa Freedman interviews maestro Florian Leonhard (pictured) about investing in rare violins …
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Monday, September 26, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: HNWIs,
HNWI,
Bespoke,
wealth,
magazine,
charity,
Bespoke magazine,
hobbies,
David Chisnall,
helicopters,
Bell Longranger
After a career in engineering, David Chisnall OBE transformed his love of radio-controlled helicopters into a full-sized Bell Longranger, which he now uses for charity flights. Glyn Brown discovers a man with a passion for turning fuel into fun.
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Thursday, July 07, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
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Business,
Day in the life,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
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private clients
Grant Thornton’s summer issue of Bespoke magazine for private clients is out now and features 28 pages of financial, lifestyle and wealth-related features for high earners and high net worth individuals (HNWIs). Here’s what’s inside – and how to get hold of a copy…
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: investment,
HNWI,
Bespoke,
magazine,
Bespoke magazine,
hobbies,
ownership,
sport,
horses,
sports,
Tom Dascombe,
syndicate,
horse trainer,
racehorse,
breeding,
horse racing
Racing, once the sport of kings, is now open to anyone – depending on the level of expense you want to spare, from £185 for a syndicate share to £20,000 for your own competitive racehorse. Tom Dascombe, horse trainer, talks about his involvement and we look at four ways to get into the sport.
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Thursday, May 05, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business,
Personal
| Tags: investment,
HNWI,
Bespoke,
Bespoke magazine,
investing,
auctions,
collecting,
collection,
whisky,
prices,
collectible,
blend,
whiskies,
expensive,
Scotch,
malt,
bottles,
Bonhams,
McTear’s,
Christie’s
If it’s not the tastes of nutmeg, cinnamon or peat smoke that attract buyers, it’s the age, region or distillery. The market for collecting whiskies is growing fast, says Michael Urquhart (pictured), who runs one of Scotland’s most famous whisky companies. (For the auction-ready, we’ve also included a list of places to bid.)
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Thursday, April 21, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
Dave Jennings,
HNWI,
Protect Your Wealth,
investigation,
amnesty,
domicile,
offshore assets,
evasion,
HNWI unit,
PTSP,
avoidance,
High Net Worth Unit,
Plumbers Tax Safe Plan
Ready to rock ‘n’ roll with HM Revenue & Customs’ punches? Dave Jennings, our tax investigations expert, tells the tale of how wealthier taxpayers are being targeted.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: HNWIs,
HNWI,
Bespoke,
magazine,
Bespoke magazine,
hobbies,
Roger Weatherby,
South Pole,
trek,
Antarctic,
challenge,
Scott
Trekking to the South Pole is hard, but not quite hard enough for some. In the fourth of our
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
Francesca Lagerberg,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
income tax,
HNWI,
pensions,
NIC,
budget,
relief,
2011,
national insurance contributions,
allowances,
reliefs,
Enterprise Investment Schemes,
childcare,
ISAs,
new tax year,
exemptions ,
Entrepreneurs’ Relief
Here’s quick refresher of tax changes that kick in from today (6 April 2011), by Grant Thornton’s Head of Tax, Francesca Lagerberg, who says that it will be high net worth individuals (HNWIs) who have more to feel down about overall, including limits on how much they can save in their pension funds.
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