Three top investors hope for share gains in the year ahead

After a bad year, many investors will be hoping for better luck in 2021. Will the rollout of a Covid vaccine trigger an economic recovery and a rebound in share prices, or is there more trouble to come on the stock markets?  Here, three City experts give their tips for the year. Each has given … Read more

Dogecoin digital currency gains 20% in value after Elon Musk tweet

Digital currency Dogecoin gains 20% in value after Elon Musk tweets about it while dismissing Bitcoin as ‘BS’ The Tesla CEO mentioned Dogecoin in a series of tweets on Sunday The cryptocurrency, which began as a parody, now has a market value of nearly $570million While Musk’s posts and jibes at Bitcoin may have been … Read more

The Voice: Blake Shelton gains edge going into season 19 finale as Ian Flanigan makes final five

Blake Shelton scored a major advantage going into the season 19 finale of The Voice as two of his singers won slots into the finals on Tuesday during the live results show. After 30-year-old artist Ian Flanigan earned the show’s Instant Save vote with his rendition of Travis Tritt’s Anymore, Blake had two contestants in … Read more

The Voice: John Legend gains edge as his country singer Bailey Rae wins Wild Card Instant Save

John Legend scored big on Tuesday’s episode of The Voice when his singer won the Wild Card Instant Save to give him three artists in the show’s Top 9. Bailey Rae, an 18-year-old country artist from Roberta, Oklahoma, was saved by viewers at the last minute after performing her rendition of Lee Ann Womack’s Never … Read more

What is capital gains tax, and will a new raid on wealth affect you?

Britain’s wealthiest taxpayers could be in for a multi-billion-pound tax raid after the Government’s tax gurus recommended a major overhaul of capital gains tax. In July, the Office of Tax Simplification was tasked by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to look at whether the levy on asset sales was ‘fit for purpose’ and how it could be simplified.  This … Read more

OTS urges Rishi Sunak to raise Capital Gains Tax to repair finances

Rishi Sunak was warned against inflicting ‘economic self-harm’ today after the tax watchdog suggested middle-class savers and entrepreneurs should face a multi-billion-pound tax raid. The Treasury’s independent tax watchdog has recommended a major overhaul of the capital gains tax (CGT) regime on the sale of assets, which could triple the number of people hit by … Read more

Fury as watchdog urges Rishi Sunak to hike capital gains tax

Rishi Sunak was warned against inflicting ‘economic self-harm’ today after the tax watchdog suggested middle-class savers and entrepreneurs should face a multi-billion-pound tax raid. The Treasury’s independent tax watchdog has recommended a major overhaul of the capital gains tax (CGT) regime on the sale of assets, which could triple the number of people hit by … Read more

The middle-class capital gains raid

The middle-class capital gains raid: Heat on Rishi Sunak over tax watchdog’s plan for a £90bn hit on property owners, savers and investors Middle-class savers and entrepreneurs face being hammered by a tax raid  Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recommended increasing CGT rates  Experts warned investors and entrepreneurs to be on ‘high alert’ By James … Read more

Simon Cowell ‘gains weight and takes break from his vegan diet to help recover from back surgery’

Simon Cowell ‘is gaining weight and taking a break from his vegan diet to help recover from his back surgery following electric bike accident’ By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 13:00 GMT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 13:00 GMT, 25 October 2020 Simon Cowell has reportedly gained weight and taken a break from his vegan … Read more