“Cotswolds Tourism wants to ease strain of tourists on Burford”

Aug 30, 2018 | In the news

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

If you’ve ever run a retail  or catering business, you know that footfall is vital. A busy shop gets busier, a restaurant or cafe with empty tables is likely to stay empty. Is it any wonder that Burford’s business owners are incensed that visitor numbers might be restricted, because they upset some obviously non-business-owning presumably-retired residents? A better plan would be to move those who are upset to empty parts of the Cotswolds rather than moving the tourists. Maybe Mr Corbyn could make compulsory relocation part  of his first Soviet-style Five Year Plan.

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“Record year for annuity sales driven by advisers”

“Record year for annuity sales driven by advisers”

I was asked this week whether annuities are now ‘a good investment’. They’ve been recommended very rarely in recent years, since ‘pension freedoms’ allowed pretty much unlimited drawdown on pension funds and anything left to be passed on to beneficiaries free of Inheritance Tax.