Author: Karen Sangiorgio

Life insurance sales surge as families protect estates from increase in IHT

UK restaurant takeovers up 88% – what this means for owners and investors

So, what does this mean if you are an owner thinking of selling, or an investor considering entering the market? Why takeover activity is rising Several factors have created a favourable environment for restaurant transactions: Falling rents and more flexible leases – making prime locations like central London more accessible Lower equipment costs – after […]

Charitable gifts in Wills surge to nearly £1bn as IHT pressures intensify

The hidden role of executors: when executors become the problem

“Wills are uncanny and electric documents. They lie dormant for years and then spring to life when their author dies, as if death were rain. Their effect on those they enrich is never negligible, and sometimes unexpectedly charged. They thrust living and dead into a final fierce clasp of love or hatred. But they are […]

Inheritance tax on gifts more than doubles in a decade

14% rise in ‘deathbed marriages’ over five years as couples wed to avoid IHT burden