Keeping up to date with tax changes can be challenging and you may have missed this one in relation to the reporting of Inheritance Tax (IHT), especially as it’s not something most of us will deal with very often.

Excepted estates

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Taking positive steps to achieve financial freedom

When are you thinking of retiring? With many pre-retirees reassessing their lives and priorities in the wake of the pandemic, there really is a seismic shift for many people towards

As well as being a season of hope and renewal, spring is also viewed as the ideal time to declutter and reorganise. The last couple of years have taught us the importance of achieving balance in our lives – this extends to our finance too,

We are delighted to partner with Robert Meacock & Company, a well-respected wealth management company also based in Kendal. Robert will work alongside our experienced team of financial planners so we can share our vast wealth of expertise

A two-tier health care system – the law of supply and demand

As the NHS continues to try and meet its duty of care to the public, the pandemic is forcing the waiting times to grow and realistically there seems to be no solution in the near

A few weeks after my father died, I decided to have all my long hair cut off. I cried for hours afterwards, I was clearly in no place to make such a major decision, but thankfully hair grows back. Financial decisions on the other hand can

Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve is a very special area of peatland near Witherslack, in South Lakeland. Managed and owned by Cumbria Wildlife Trust, the nature reserve is renowned for the pair of ospreys that return here from west Africa every