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Inheritance tax: it’s time to give some thought to giving

Paul Hopper
Last year, the Treasury collected more than £5 billion in inheritance tax, making it one of Britain’s highest streams of national income since the early 1980s. Rising property prices are dragging middle-class families into the IHT net and if you …
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Beast eats into March retail sales
The weather was yet again a feature of this morning’s retail sales for March 2018, as the Beast from the East ate into the figures – but there could be some brighter skies on the horizon. Phil Mullis, Partner and Head of Retail and Wholesale at top-20 UK accountancy firm, Wilkins Kennedy, said: “The retail sales were far from spring-like but at least it looks like it had a good impact on online sales as people preferred (or rather had) to shop from the warmth of their own home. Retailers with strong online presence should have seen some real benefit. We also had Mother’s Day and the Easter Holiday during March, which could explain the small growth in department stores sales, particularly online – but the rest of the retail sales remained flat."