Investing in property is very different now to how it was when I started out. Buy-to-let does not pose the same opportunity as it once did, with rental yields increasingly falling flat. Increased tax bills and changes to stamp duty on the purchase of second homes have also deterred some people from becoming landlords in recent years.
There was one clear winner from last week’s Budget – small business. It clearly showed how SMEs have moved from the wings to centre stage of the economy and should encourage more to step into the spotlight.
With Budget day in full swing, many bosses called for a reduction in taxation – and to some degree chancellor George Osborne delivered on what they asked for.
Pick up a paper and open it to the property section. There’s probably an article there saying that buy-to-let landlords are the newest victims of the government’s housing policy – but you don't quite need to fear George Osborne yet.
The managing director of Harrods, Michael Ward, has been non-too-quite about how government policies are deterring wealthy visitors from spending money in the UK.
The managing director of Harrods, Michael Ward, has been non-too-quite about how government policies are deterring wealthy visitors from spending money in the UK.
Acquisitions are a great way of ramping up growth but, as Faegre Baker Daniels associate Nicholas Jennings explains, it pays to know what regulation like stamp duty means for corporate finance deals.
