The Financial Vulnerability Charter Will Loughton today announced that ‘Loughtons’ have pledged our support to the Financial Vulnerability Taskforce’s new Charter. It is aimed at protecting those who are in vulnerable circumstances, to give them confidence when dealing with a financial planning firm and ensure that they will be treated fairly and responsibly. We
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Upcoming changes to Buy to Let EPC Rating requirements The Government has announced that they are changing the rules surrounding Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Ratings on all properties being let out. This is known as the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES). Although it sounds harmless enough, a large number of properties in the UK
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Current Position Inflation figures for June revealed an unexpected fall in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate to 2.6% after seven months of rising rates and May’s high of 2.9%. Possibly, inflation is now at, or close to, its post-Brexit-vote peak, and an interest rate rise may not be forthcoming after all. The recent inflation dip
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