2 March 2022 in Exiting the Business

How Do I Retire as a Company Owner?

As a company owner, looking to leave your company to retire can bring up many considerations. We answer those questions.Restructuring | https://www.bishopfleming.co.uk/servi… Restructuring Knowledge Hub | https://www.bishopfleming.co.uk/restr… Read more

2 March 2022 in Exporting Growth & Strategy Retail & E-commerce Trading Over Borders

26th Virtual Pricing & Sales Strategy Conference – Brussels

During the event, our experts shared their view on best practices and key levers that will enable you to boost your sales and profits. They covered the five following topics: – Pricing & revenue growth management in 2022 – Tackling inflation through superior price increase realization – Rethinking your monetization strategy – Establishing a global pricing framework for multinational companies – Retail pricing strategies to maximize profitability while improving price image Read more

2 March 2022 in Banking Finance

Business Lending: There is Significant Opportunity, but it isn’t Easy to do Well

Helping lenders to capture good returns takes strong strategy, not just a series of tactics. Peter Ward co-leads L.E.K.’s financial services practice and helps institutions from high street banks to new start-up specialist lenders make the most of their lending. With the economic cycle and climate fair set for SMEs, navigating the risks and maximizing the returns demands a trusted guide. Read more

2 March 2022 in Wealth Management

Focus on Ukraine: Investment Management Key Points video for March 2022

The tragic events unfolding in Ukraine take center stage in this month’s key points video. Guy Miller, our Chief Market Strategist and Head of Macroeconomics, discusses what the invasion of Ukraine means from a geopolitical perspective given growing sanctions on Russia, how this may impact global growth and how the financial markets are likely to respond going forward Read more

2 March 2022 in Exporting Trading Over Borders

CBI @10am: Geopolitical and economic update

In this session, recorded Wednesday 02 March 2022, Rain Newton-Smith (Chief Economist, CBI) is joined by Giles Wilkes (Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Government), and Andy Wood OBE DL (CEO, Adnams), as we discuss the impact of economic sanctions for Russia and the invasion of Ukraine. Read more

1 March 2022 in Growth & Strategy Life Sciences

Challenges and opportunities of a family owned distributer business

Enabling Success for Founders and Entrepreneurial Businesses is an in-conversation style business/entrepreneurial podcast series featuring some of our successful clients. Hear them talk about their biggest successes, how they tackled and overcame setbacks, and discover what the key phases of launching and running their businesses were. In this episode Toby sits down with Tom Burdick, CEO of distributor biotech business – BPES (Bioprocess Equipment Specialists). We discuss the challenges of being a distributor during the pandemic, as well as the pros and cons of being a family-owned business. Tom covers how difficult it can be to attract talent and common Read more

1 March 2022 in Insurance

A guide to the Consumer Duty

The FCA’s publication of its proposals for the new Consumer Duty (CP21/36) gives the financial services industry draft rules to consider. To help you prepare for the potential impact of these changes on your firm, we were joint by Protect Association for a webinar looking at the key aspects of the proposals. The panel shared insight on the FCA’s general expectations around vulnerable customers, and guidance on other priorities for 2022. Read more

1 March 2022 in Wealth Management

What is the benefit of holding my main residence as Tenants in common instead of Joint tenancy?

What is the benefit of holding my main residence as Tenants in common instead of Joint tenancy? The difference between tenant sin common and joint tenancy is often misunderstood. For married couples whose intention is to save inheritance tax splitting their main residence as tenants in common offers strong potential for IT savings. This video explains those scenarios. We have been providing specialist Estate planning and Inheritance tax (IHT) advice for more than 18 years. The aim of this channel is to help you to understand how Inheritance tax works and what you can do to resolve your inheritance tax Read more

1 March 2022 in Wealth Management

What can we expect from financial markets this week?

In this week’s market update: Investors are blindsided by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; risk comes off the table; but the longer-term outlook holds for now. For more insights, visit: https://www.fidelity.co.uk/markets-in… Read more