A Look Ahead to 2018

By John Shepperd; Economics Adviser to Butler Toll Asset Management   The start of any New Year is a time when economists and others look forward to what is in prospect. Always a slightly hazardous exercise and if you cast your mind back to this time last...

Exam Success for Jake

[vc_row] [vc_column width="2/3"] Congratulations to Jake Rudman, who has just completed a series of exams to qualify as a Chartered Financial Planner. Jake is the third member of the Butler Toll Financial Consultancy team to achieve Chartered status, with a fourth Consultant, James Yeoell, due to sit his...

Budget November 2017

Comment by John Shepperd; Economics Adviser to Butler Toll Asset Management. 24th November, 2017 The UK Budget is often an over-hyped event. In part this is due to the tradition and ceremony that surrounds it – the obligatory photo of the Chancellor holding up the Budget...

Top marks for James

Congratulations to James Yeoell, a member  of our Financial Consultancy Team,  for achieving the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Best Paper award. This was in recognition of an excellent result in the AF4 Investment Planning qualification James undertook earlier this year as part of his Chartered Financial Planner...

Bank of England

UK Interest rates rise

Comment by John Shepperd; Economics Adviser to Butler Toll Asset Management. 2nd November, 2017 To many it may seem like an odd time for the Bank of England to raise Bank Rate. Growth in the economy has slowed over the course of the past year and...

Are UK interest rates set for a rise?

By: John Shepperd; Economics Adviser; Butler Toll 20th September 2017 Are we looking at the first increase in the official Bank Rate since July 2007? Financial markets now appear to think so, with all eyes on the next MPC meeting on November 2nd. Perhaps representative of the...

A Date for your Diaries – Hammond Announces Budget

By Richard Butler; Managing Director; Butler Toll 13th September, 2017 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has announced that the next Budget will be held on Thursday 22nd November. This will be the first Budget since the Government lost their majority in the June snap election. Mr Hammond...