Butler Toll's Economics Adviser, John Shepperd, gives his immediate thoughts on the 2018 Budget. The end of austerity? Perhaps, to a degree. The Government had some wiggle room to have a fiscal stimulus and used it. The room for manoeuvre came from two sources. Firstly, tax...
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Working with and supporting the local community is one of our key values. Butler Toll is delighted to announce that we are the new shirt sponsor for the Under 11s Boys team at Swindon Supermarine. The football club invests in its youth programme, with coaches...
Thoughts on the Cabinet's Brexit agreement from our global economist - John Shepperd The “Chequers Agreement”, issued after the Cabinet meeting last Friday, is a short, three-page outline of the UK’s proposed position as we head into the final stages of the tortuous Brexit negations. A...
Butler Toll is delighted to announce the unveiling of the first in a series of guides covering a wide range of areas in financial planning, exclusive to our clients. The Guide to Understanding Risk is an essential tool for our clients at initial meetings to help...
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After the March Monetary Policy Committee meeting the market was pricing in a 90% chance of a Bank Rate hike at the May 10th meeting. The March meeting’s Minutes said that the economy had progressed as expected since the forecast update in the February Inflation...
By John Shepperd; Economics Adviser to Butler Toll Asset Management When the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to raise Bank Rate (from ¼ to ½%) last November, it was not seen as much of a real tightening. More a reversal of the post-Referendum cut, taking back an...