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Alex Shairp

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Blackmount Private Wealth Limited
I am a founding Director of Blackmount Private Wealth Limited, which is a firm of independent financial advisers based in Glasgow (Scotland). Blackmount Private Wealth was formed in 2022 by myself and Qasim Younis. We set a guiding mission to collaborate with and inspire our clients to attain their financial goals for the benefit of the individual, their families, and society. The company operates on a vision of ethical and professional practice. Our core values of integrity, authenticity, and simplicity are foundational to every aspect of our operations.

Media Coverage

Protection Reporter

Industry appalled over “disgraceful” advert featuring serial killer

They say that all publicity is good publicity and that to be talked about, in any context, is preferable to simply being ignored.

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IFA Magazine

Financial services brokers and advisers unite in criticism as they respond to ‘downright disgusting’ DeadHappy advert

Newspage have asked financial services experts for their views on the latest DeadHappy ad featuring murderer Harold Shipman and shared them with IFA Magazine. N

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inews.co.uk

How much more do you need to pay into your pension to offset inflation?

Retirees on the lowest incomes have been hit the hardest by the cost of living crisis, according to new research

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FTAdviser.com

‘We shouldn’t have to mitigate IHT’

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to tighten the tax screws on Britons in the Autumn Statement on Thursday November 17 and clients will need help but advisers have said the one tax they should not have...

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FTAdviser.com

IFAs: Mixture of drawdown and annuities is best option

With annuity rates rising sharply in recent weeks a number of IFAs said a combination of drawdown income and annuities could be the best approach

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Professional Adviser

Annuity is an option everyone should consider', say IFAs

As annuity rates hit a 14-year high, people approaching retirement should seriously consider taking guaranteed income as an option ,advisers have said.

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IFA Magazine

As annuity rates reach 13-year highs, IFAs deliver their verdict on whether people approaching retirement should take them...

With annuity rates rising sharply in recent weeks, IFAs on Newspage, the free PR platform, have been responding to the question as to whether annuities are some

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ICAEW

Tax rate U-turn: is it enough to right the markets?

Following the government’s U-turn on the abolition of the additional rate of income tax, financial services professionals give their view on its impact.

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Financial Planning Today

Chancellor U-turns on 45p tax rate abolition

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has today abandoned his plan to abolish the 45% top rate of income tax on earnings over £150,000. He said the U-turn was being made because the planned cut in the top taxpayer’s...

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Financial Reporter

U-turn on axing of top rate of tax - brokers react

Following the news that the Government have U-turned on a plan to abolish the 45p rate of income tax for top earners, Newspage asked brokers for their responses:

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Citywire NMA

Kwarteng scraps plan to abolish 45% tax rate for high earners

The government has abandoned its plan to scrap the 45% additional tax rate band for high earners. The measure was announced last month in Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget with the claim it would help boost...

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IFA Magazine

Chancellor Kwarteng performs abrupt U turn on the Government’s plan to cut 45% tax rate - finance experts comment

The Chancellor has made a dramatic statement to the media this morning announcing a pretty big U turn in Government policy. He has revealed that the reduction

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Charter Insurance Institute

Financial Wellbeing – a collaboration with ITN Productions Industry News | Personal Finance Society (PFS)

The Personal Finance Society, the UK’s leading professional body for financial planners, and ITN Productions Industry News are co-producing an online news-style programme Financial Wellbeing.

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Citywire - New Model Adviser

‘Insistent clients only looking for a rubber stamp are not clients at all’

Checking whether a client is happy to accept the consequences of cashing in their defined benefit (DB) pension is not always a case of kicking the tyres. This is especially true of insistent clients, people...

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