29 January 2019
When a sports car speeds down the street one of the thoughts that many people will have is ‘whoever is driving that car must be wealthy’. We associate wealth with physical property, a car, clothes, or a holiday…
Read more4 January 2019
And what a busy year it looks set to be……Brexit is only weeks away and still no sign of a deal. Markets are volatile and many businesses are sitting tight waiting for the outcome. Much speculation is being…
Read more11 December 2018
Investing, a way to make money by being smart rather than working hard. Investing is a brilliant way to make money, with the chance to return a substantial amount upon that invested. People assume that investing is only…
Read more26 November 2018
The first topic to be introduced as part of our Personal Finance feature is UK student loans and how they work. There is a common misconception amongst students surrounding tuition fees and the copious amount of ‘debt’ that…
Read more13 November 2018
For years large tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon have paid minimal tax in the UK despite having enormous revenues. For example, Google paid tax of £50m on revenues of £5.7bn, Facebook paid £15.8m in tax…
Read more13 November 2018
Following the Autumn Budget 2018, we paid a visit to Hazlewoods, one of the UK’s Top 30 independent Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, to obtain budget reaction from tax expert Ruth Dooley. Here is what she had to…
Read more13 November 2018
‘Era of Austerity is finally coming to an end’ The Chancellor has delivered his Autumn Budget, the first Budget on a Monday since 1962. There were several headline measures including extra funding for the NHS, schools, high streets…
Read more13 November 2018
We are proud to announce our newly revamped UoG Accounting and Finance blog, The Financial Review. We look forward to providing interesting and informative articles relating to our subject community. In order to keep you up to date we will be posting:…
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