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This free 20-page guide explains in plain English how you could save up to 50% income tax, earn sizeable tax-free dividends and more.

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Investing in private equity could give experienced private investors an opportunity to tap into a wide range of growth opportunities.

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Coming soon: why consider VCTs this tax year?

10 August 2022

Private investors made record-breaking investment into Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) last tax year (2021/22): £1.13 billion – the highest amount ever and a 65% rise from the year before. The most popular offers filled quickly, raising ...

Top 10 most viewed pages

8 August 2022

Which offers are attracting investors’ interest? Every Monday we look at the offers Wealth Club members have viewed on our website the previous week. Then we compile the top ten across the different types of investment: ...

Today: the anniversary of IHT-free ISAs

5 August 2022

Nine years ago today, one small rule change – allowing investors to hold AIM shares (those in companies quoted on the Alternative Investment Market, a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange) in an ISA – had ...