As the country’s capital, London is at the heart of many industries and as such, many people head here in search of a career. Living in London certainly has its benefits, 24 hour convenience and a buzzing social scene to name a few. However, city living is not for everyone but work commitments mean that they can never be too far from the Big Smoke.

If London’s calling but you long for the quiet life take a look at this list of the best places to live on the commuter belt.

Kent

Situated in the south east, the county of Kent is often described as the ...

Whether you need to supplement your existing fleet or are considering your private jet, fractional jet ownership may be the solution for you. With a fractional aircraft purchase, you receive all the benefits of a private plane without the disadvantages.

One of the major advantages to fractional ownership is the significant savings you will experience.

The first area of savings involves your capital investment. Suppose you are interested in a ‘light cabin’ jet selling for $6 million. You typically require 50 hours of flight time annually. Instead of investing $6 million, you can buy a fractional interest in the plane. For 50 hours, a 1/16 interest ...

Home insurance policies represent financial safety for property owners – including for properties they are not actually living in themselves. The kinds of catastrophes that affect properties do not come with advance warning, meaning sensible property owners make sure they are prepared for anything as soon as they purchase a home. However, while most people realise that they need to secure home insurance on their place of residence, many people do not think about this issue when it comes to residences they own which are presently unoccupied.

Nonetheless, the property owner is still responsible for any damage that might be caused to these properties. This is ...

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If you have never considered becoming a property investor, now is the time to change your mind. Investing in property is a great way to earn income and capital gains. Over three-quarters of the world’s millionaires used property as their springboard to wealth and you can too, provided you pick the right properties.

One of the best forms of property to invest in is student accommodations. They have a lot of advantages over traditional properties: they are rarely empty, it is easy to find another tenant and they provide an ...

At a time when we could all do with more, not less, honest pensions advise we face the fact that the number of IFA’s are set to decline, by some estimates, around 30%* or so by December next year. Whilst this is a government-driven initiative to ‘improve standards’ through the RDR (Retail Distribution Review), including enhanced training, changes to how sales commissions are paid and paying upfront for investment advice, many people will no longer either have readily available advice or be ‘financially attractive enough’ to those remaining IFA. Many will be forced to ‘go ...

With the global financial shocks of the last few years investors have looked for alternatives to the mainstream savings, investments and pension products that have, broadly, performed so badly. The ‘holy grail’ has been investments that will not only hold their value with greater certainty but also increase above the rate of inflation – requiring growth of 7.63% a year for higher rate tax payers at the moment.

Alistair Burns of TM Alternative has this to say; ‘Many of the alternative investments offer investors an attractive package of low market volatility, fixed annual income, have an underlying value that cannot easily be eroded, are tangible with ...

Initially the move of property investment money into SIPP’s was slow, but it has gathered pace and is now a very popular option amongst savvy investors looking for tax advantages.

A Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) is the name given the type of UK government approved personal pension scheme, which allows individuals to make their own investment decisions from the full range of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) approved investments.

SIPPs are a type of Personal Pension Plan. Another subset of this type of pension is the Stakeholder Pension Plan. SIPPs, in common with personal pension schemes, are tax “wrappers”, allowing tax rebates on contributions in exchange ...

Covering the whole of Italy, Puglia based Italian lawyers De Tullio Law Firm offers a short guide helping you to understand the basics steps of the Italian property conveyancing process when buying a property in Italy.

Adding to its ever-expanding list of property information guides, TheMoveChannel.com has gone one step further and by providing avid property readers with access to the webooks network, which allows users to read the full text of many different published books, without cost and with no need to register.

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From the beautiful Black and Adriatic sea beaches to the breathtaking mountains of Romania and Bulgaria, Eastern Europe is becoming a favourite playground for holidaymakers, expats and retirees from around the world.  As interest in this region rises, the investment potential is increasing as well.