On Wednesday 27 October the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the Autumn Budget Announcement. In the run up to Halloween we ask whether it delivered tax tricks or treats? The Autumn Budget Announcement trumpeted a “New Age of Optimism”, but there were ominous signs of tax increases to come. […]
Category Archives: Events
12
Oct
Oct
Robson Laidler had its first TV debut last night featuring on the BBC Look North programme. The programme discusses The North of Tyne Combined Authority’s Good Work Pledge’ of which Robson Laidler are an accredited business, achieving high standards across the five pillars of Good Work Practice, which are: Promoting Health and […]
Blog, Events, Financial Planning, Investments, Later Life, Pensions, Personal Finance, Retirement, Wealth
Pensions Awareness Day – All you need to know
15
Sep
Sep
Pension Awareness Day takes place annually on September 15 with the aim to alert the nation that they need to save more for their retirement. So what do you need to be aware of exactly? Here’s some tips from Chartered Financial Planner Amanda Cowie director at RL Wealth: Pensions are […]
B-Corp, Blog, Business, Community, Events, Investments, Wealth
World Environment Day. What are green investments?
03
Jun
Jun
A few years’ ago, we felt that it was important to offer our client’s an alternative to our mainstream investment portfolios which are low cost and globally diverse. But what does the green alternative look like? We decided not to call our new portfolios ethical investments. This is because what […]
Blog, Events, Financial Planning, Investments, Later Life, Pensions, Personal Finance, Retirement, Wealth
Happy Financial Independence Day
26
Apr
Apr
On 25 April the world celebrated Financial Independence Day. So, what is Financial Independence? Well, according to Wiki it’s “the status of having enough income to pay one’s living expenses for the rest of one’s life without having to be employed or dependent on others.” Sound good? But how many of us actually know how […]
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Happy Good Earth Day – sustainable investments
22
Apr
Apr
Happy Good Earth Day! Here at Robson Laidler Wealth we understand that the way we invest money has the power to change the world. That’s why we launched our Sustainable Investment portfolios last year. Our portfolios embrace the UN Sustainable Developments Goals and have a “do no harm” ethos. The […]
30
Oct
Oct
At Robson Laidler we’re committed to helping to improve the lives of our clients and as such we have launched a range of business advisory services. Our promise, with this is to help clients ‘make more money, pay less tax and have a great lifestyle’. To help us launch this […]
03
Sep
Sep
Last month I posted an article on my training for the Coast to Coast (C2C) cycle ride. I’m pleased to report our team managed to conquer the ride last weekend despite atrocious weather. We set off enthusiastically from Fernwood House on Friday morning loaded with enough fruit, water and chocolate […]
07
Aug
Aug
Here at Robson Laidler we have a strong focus on giving something back to the community. We have regular charity fund raising activities as well as volunteering opportunities. I’ll be honest I often ignore the requests for help with this or that charity effort but when someone suggested a charity […]
05
Aug
Aug
I agreed at the start of the year that I would join the rest of the team at Robson Laidler in running for our charity of the year – Freeman Heart and Lung Transplant Association. I’ve done a couple of half marathon’s before, the GNR in 2010 and the Sunderland […]