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Five money-saving and investment trends for 2012

Thursday, March 15, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: investment, property, technology, wealth, trends, money, real estate, innovation, tech, financing, retail, mobile, crowdfunding, personal finance, payments

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Where and how is the money flowing in 2012? We look at five different trends and predictions – from virtual wallets to crowdfunding investment platforms.

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Best of Bespoke – our top wealth management posts for high earners and HNWIs

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, links, tax planning, HNWIs, HNWI, Bespoke, wealth, blog, wealth management, best, 2011, wealth protection, wealth planning

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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Bespoke magazine: a world of wealth for private clients

Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Day in the life, Green, Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: business, tax, investment, HNWIs, Grant Thornton, HNWI, pensions, Bespoke, wealth, magazine, wealth management, insight, trusts, Bespoke magazine, subscribe, publications, interviews

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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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High-end hobbies – helicopter pilot

Monday, September 26, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: HNWIs, HNWI, Bespoke, wealth, magazine, charity, Bespoke magazine, hobbies, David Chisnall, helicopters, Bell Longranger

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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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The riches of Bespoke magazine – new issue out now

Thursday, July 07, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Business, Day in the life, Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: entrepreneurs, HNWIs, Grant Thornton, HNWI, Bespoke, wealth, magazine, insight, Bespoke magazine, subscribe, comment, publications, interviews, features, private clients

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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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Swinfen Hall will – a lesson in inheritance, disputed wills and estate planning

Tuesday, April 05, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: inheritance tax, IHT, wealth, inheritance, estate planning, Eric Williams, wills, family trust, litigation, asset management, dispute, Swinfen Hall, Eric Williams, wills, inheritance, inheritance tax, IHT, estate planning, dispute, family trusts, litigation, Swinfen Hall, wealth, asset management

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Samuel Swinfen died in 1854 but, 157 years on, there are still lessons to be learned from the litigation surrounding his will. Eric Williams, Head of Private Client, goes back to the future and gives some advice on modern estate planning…

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Best of the Bespoke blog 2010

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: links, HNWI, Bespoke, wealth, blog, wealth management, best, 2010, wealth protection, HNW

In case you missed them first time around, here are our top 10 posts of the year, reflecting the interests and concerns of the HNW community.

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Tax scams, offshore partners and millionairesses – April wealth links

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Personal | Tags: tax, links, HMRC, offshore, wealth, women, James Caan, tax haven, millionaire, Duncan Bannatyne, Felix Dennis, phishing, scams

Who wants to be a millionaire? Girls do, apparently – and they’re succeeding in ever increasing numbers. Also this month – how much counts as rich, the latest tax scams being carried out in the name of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and other wealth-related stories here on the Bespoke blog.

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The history of money (and how much makes you happy)

Friday, October 02, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Personal | Tags: wealth, trading, money, fiat money, happiness, gold, currency, history, bank notes, commodities, happy, coinage, barter, rich

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We deal with it every day but have you ever wondered about money’s rich past? Exactly how did we go from trading cowrie shells to carrying purses of gold coins to swapping pieces of paper for our goods?

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The case for a will

Thursday, June 04, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: business, inheritance tax, wealth, will

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Inheritance tax reliefs are greatly under-used and yet they offer excellent succession planning for families and businesses.

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