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SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS AND S.m.e.'s

Strategy and Management Consultants

SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS AND S.m.e.'s

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Property Consulting

Russian Elites losing their properties to the Ukrainian refugees, says Raab

Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister of England, has suggested that the properties of the Russian Elites could be seized and hand over to Ukrainian refugees. This was following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The UK’s strategy appears to be based on trying to cause the whole Russian economy pain, which is why it has focused more on banking, state institutions and companies than individuals so far. The UK government has faced criticism for being too slow in its approach to implementing sanctions against Russian figures and linked assets. ___________________ Do yo

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Investment

Investment scams warning issued by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a warning to keep a watch for investment scams as the number of inquiries has shot up to over 16,000 which is an increase of 33% for the same period in the year before. Crypto currency asset scams were listed as being the top reported, however there has been some impersonating alerts from FCA . FCA has also said that it is taking immediate action in the consumer investment market and has stopped about 1 in 4 firms from joining it. ____________ How large of a concern to you believe this is?

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Property Consulting

Pandemic property boom: House prices up by 20%

In the past years, the pandemic has increased the house prices by nearly £30,000 and on average in the past 2 years by 20%. The inflation rate climbed to 12.6% in February. This has created a fresh affordability crisis in the UK’s property market, driving the cost of a home relative to wages up from already elevated levels to the highs seen just before the financial crisis. An acute shortage of homes being listed for sale is said to be behind the price increases, as this increases competition for those which do become available.  _________________ Do you believe there sh

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Investment

Inflation: Gender Investment Gap

With inclining inflation rates, the cost of living is becoming higher and affordability lower. Prices in the U.K rising by over 5.5% yearly, is a bad weightage with the maximum rate on saving accounts being under 1 %. A study shows however, that the average stocks and shares ISA fund returned nearly 7% between 2021 and 2022. This is impacting women heavily as the decrease in value of cash which is what women prefer over investments which men are very proactive with is becoming difficult and increasing the gender investment gap. Men invest double than women, and with there

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Property Consulting

Boris Johnson: Legislation imposed to expose dirty money in UK property

UK's property market is being ruled with a new legislation to reduce the amount of dirty money in order to push out the wealth of Russia's government and overseas owners of properties who have not revealed their true identities. The Conservatives first committed to introducing a Register of Overseas Entities Bill six years ago but there has been little action since a government consultation closed in 2018. The domestic measures focusing on illicit finance in the UK follow a number of sanctions on Russian banks, airlines, oligarchs and more than 100 entities associated with

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Investment

What is REIT? Is it a good investment?

REIT has been around since the 1960s, currently over 40 countries have taken up this model. REITs stands for Real Estate Investment Trusts is a privilege which has been extended to all investors around the world who may want to invest in local or international REITs. The most popular examples are FTSE EPRA and Nareit Global Estate Index Series. The index holds REITs and non-REIT listed property companies and includes the Developed Markets and Emerging Markets indices. REITs may generate a steady income, however, there is little in the way of capital appreciation. ________

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Property Consulting

Rising interest rates and house prices are leading to downward spiral of property sales:

As there has been a hike up in interest rates, cost of living and house prices, new home buyers and and the younger generation will find moving onto the property ladder extremely difficult. This is because affordability is rapidly decreasing and even one in five current homeowners saying that their mortgages will soon become unaffordable. A key is the Bank of England increasing the base rate from 0.1 per cent to 0.25 per cent at the close of 2021, it is predicted to be 1 percent by the middle of March 2022. The house prices as calculated in January 2022, have increased by

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Investment

Climate investment is sky rocketing!

In 2021 alone, $40 billion was invested across just 600 deals operating in climate change. Approximately 1400 investors, across the world are now focussing on the companies which are tackling this issue. These figures are should a double in capital made than the year before. The reason for this spike is that those who invest in venture capital funds are discovering the impacts of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) which will also aid the plant in the short and long term. It is predicted that due to vast activity in this sector, investment in fusion energy technolog

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Investment

Barclays full year net profit increases in four fold:

Barclays, the corporate and investment bank has quadrupled the full net year profit. The figures are a significant improvement of 2020 and the fourth quarter of that year as U.K was trying to pass through the lockdown stages. The full year profit was £8.4 billion which is up form £3.1 billion in 2020. The original forecast of the fourth quarter net income, attributable to shareholders was £756.5 million whereas it came out to be £1.12 billion. __________________ Do you believe the other banks are lacking behind, if not, why not?

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Property Consulting

U.K property market taking a hit as house sales fall:

The house sales in January 2022 have fallen by 10% compared to January 2021. Although, the number of transactions are 5.1% higher than that of December 2021. This is due to a temporary stamp duty holiday being put in place last year ending at the start of October 2021. This meant more transactions took place last year and those which possibly would have been in 2022 occurred, in order to make the most out of their tax savings. Furthermore, large property companies have reported that house asking prices have inclined by the biggest amount in 20 years. __________________ D

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