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Q&A: How to minimise your IHT bill
Danny Cox at Hargreaves Lansdown and Peter Nillist from law firm Clarke Willmott, will answer readers’ questions on how to write a will and minimise your iht bill on Thursday at 3pm November 12th. Post a question now
Q&A: What does the bank sell-off mean for customers?
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off some of their assets as part of a major shake-up of the UK banking industry. What will it mean for consumers?
Q&A: How to build up your pension fund
Ask the expert: John Lawson, head of pension policy at Standard Life, will answer readers’ questions at 3pm on Thursday 15 October on how to build up your pension fund. Email in your questions
Q&A: Do absolute return funds work?
Ask the expert: Mark Dampier will answer readers’ questions at 3pm on Thursday 8 October on whether absolute return funds work. Email your questions in now
Q&A: What the falling pound means for you
John Hardy, head of Forex Strategy at Saxo Bank, will answer readers’ questions at 3pm on Thursday 5 February on how the falling pound will affect you and how to play the currency markets.
Q&A: What the interest rate cut means for you
David Black, banking consultant at Defaqto, answers your questions on how the cut in interest rates will affect mortgages, savings accounts, credit cards and investments.
Ask the expert: What does the pre-Budget report mean for you?
Ask the expert: John Whiting, tax partner at PwC, will answer your questions
Working from home
As communications technology improves, working from home has become increasingly popular. If you do work from home there is the added bonus that you may be able to save money on household bills.
Home insurance
More than 20m British households handed over some £6bn in home insurance premiums last year, and annual costs currently average £210 for buildings insurance and £147 for contents cover.
Divorce settlements
Recent multimillion pound pay-offs have earned England the reputation of being one of the most generous jurisdictions in the world for divorce.
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