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Top 100 Adviser For the fourth year running, A&J have been listed in the Financial Times Top 100 Financial Advisers in the UK! This is

3rd October 2022 Global Review It’s been a busy month for economic and political news here in the UK. Liz Truss won the conservative leadership

Mini Budget 2022 Growth Plan The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced on Friday 23 September his Growth Plan 2022 to release the huge

29th July 2022 Global Review Here in the UK the race to become the next prime minister is well on the way, with the ruling

30th June 2022 Global Review The annual inflation rate in the UK increased to 9.1% in May of 2022 from 9% in the previous month,

30th May 2022 Global Review The government have recently announced a 25% so-called windfall tax on the profits of large energy companies to help with

9th May 2022 What’s Going On With Interest Rates? In recent weeks, we’ve seen a lot of movement from central banks on their monetary policy,

5th May 2022 Global Review In a surprise to the investment world, US GDP unexpectedly declined. According to the Commerce Department’s advance estimates (which will

4th April 2022 Global Review The UK economy grew at a blistering pace in 2021 despite the impact of Omicron. GDP grew by 7.5% for

Spring Budget The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered the Spring 2022 Forecast Statement to Parliament on Wednesday 23 March 2022. This announcement follows

1st March 2022 Global Review Most of the world is reeling from the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Western countries scrambling to react. In

3rd February 2022 Global Review As Boris Johnson struggles to regain control of his premiership following revelations about private parties held at his Downing Street

2nd December 2021 Emerging Markets – The Investment Case Often misunderstood by those of us living in the developed world, emerging markets (EM) represent some

31st December 2022 Can Energy Stocks Keep Going? Energy stocks had a big 2021, gaining the most of any sector globally andending the year up

2nd December 2021 Global Review The UK has urged the EU to “stay calm” in the ever-escalating dispute overpost-Brexit Northern Ireland. Concerns remain that the

Top 100 Adviser For the third year running, A&J have been listed in the Financial Times Top 100 Financial Advisers in the UK! This is

9th November 201 Climate Change – Can Investors Do Anything? By 2050, the earth’s population is expected to pass 9 billion, and by 2100climate models

2nd December 2021 Global Review Economists have trimmed their outlook for U.K. growth next year by an average 0.4 percentage point to 5.1%, the sharpest

9th November 2021 Artificial Intelligence – Investing in the Future The term AI (Artificial Intelligence) is often said without much explanation to its meaning, so

4th October 2021 Global Review UK economic growth hit 5.5% between April and June, new data shows, after being revised up from the previous estimation

9th November 2021 Digital Assets – Understanding Crypto Currencies The rise of digital assets over the past few years will not have escaped anybody. Indeed,

7th September 2021 Global Review The UK economy grew by 4.8% in the second quarter of 2021 as Covid-19 restrictions were loosened, beating estimates. The

August 2021 Inflation Overview What is it? The economic definition of inflation is a general rise in prices in an economy over a given period

7th September 2021 August Market Overview UK Here in the UK the last of the coronavirus restrictions were lifted on July 19 as planned, with

5th July 2021 July Market Overview UK Another positive month for economic data out of the UK, with the recovery infull swing as coronavirus restrictions

4th June 2021 June Market Overview UK It has been an immensely positive month for the UK, with the vaccination programme succeeding in fully inoculating