You were lucky to miss Johnson, Truss and Sunak, then? (View Post)

You need to hunt about a bit. I have a pot of VCTs, bought years back attracted in part by the tax relief, and they're now just like annuities (although they can be sold), paying a steady 6-7% on the… (View Post)

I think otherwise - certainly that guy did. He was actually a very interesting person to meet, quite contrarian in his approach, and the council was keen on him because during the 2008 downturn he'd … (View Post)

I like to think I don't need an advisor, so it was direct purchases of shares via a platform, mostly solid companies with a dividend track record or ETFs, with just a few managed funds, and a small a… (View Post)

When we sold my mother's flat in the spring, I had a large lump sum to invest, and you're right that the savings element of it - inevitably the largest part since the care home bills mean most of it … (View Post)