Brigham Brining joins the Ellis Bates Group of Companies.

Since our business was founded in 1999, Brigham Brining has become an established, successful and well respected b

If you've noticed a few media articles about Fairtrade recently, it's because the Fairtrade Foundation is making a concerted effort to promote the Fairtrade mark and all it stands for.&nb

Whilst the recent volatility in the property & equity markets is bound to cause some concern, it is important that investors put this into context by looking at the overall returns ov

Following a cut of 0.25% last December, the Bank of England held the base rate at 5.5% earlier this month.

The outlook for borrowers during 2008 looks more positive than last year, with som

2007 certainly proved to be a challenging year for investors. There were losses in both the property and equity sectors and, whilst cash deposits and fixed interest holdings provided positive retur

New investments continue to flood into ethical funds this year. The Investment Management Association (IMA) has reported retail sales in the third quarter amounted to £217.1million.

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We are all aware of the accusations of Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling plagiarising ideas from the Conservatives and implementing them as their own; not least, the recent announcement in the chan

Modern day employment trends mean most readers who have not yet retired and drawn their pension, will have moved jobs on at least one occasion.  In the process, you may well have had the benef

As part of the recent Pre Budget Report, the Chancellor proposed changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime. From 6th April 2008, the rate of tax on capital gains for individuals, trustees and persona

The ‘credit crunch’ fallout has impacted on many areas of personal finance over the last few weeks.

First, there were the falls on the global stock markets during July and Augu

New Star are expecting September to be the first month since December 1992 that the Commercial Property sector has delivered negative returns.

In an effort to put this fall in to context an

Despite increasing consumer awareness and demand for all things green, some investors remain wary of ethical funds because of their inability to invest in an unrestricted universe of shares.

Having previously been restricted to properties with 4 or more bedrooms, Home Information Packs (HIPs) are now compulsory for any new-to-the-market 3 bedroom properties.

This means that any

The establishment of new Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) is set to cease in the next few weeks to be replaced by new Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs).

An Enduring Power of Att

While Inheritance Tax (IHT) is not big business for the government – raising "only" £3.5 billion or just over 0.5% of our tax revenues in the UK – it is something that i