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

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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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
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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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Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
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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

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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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,
HNWIs,
Grant Thornton,
HNWI,
Bespoke,
wealth,
magazine,
insight,
Bespoke magazine,
subscribe,
comment,
publications,
interviews,
features,
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, 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

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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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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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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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

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

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