Property
Is the weather to blame for our bad behaviour?
Our usual good sense and intuition are thrown as things are not what they should be
Spear's Young Turk Awards 2014
Spear’s has long recognised the best young talent in the wealth management industries and we now take this further with our third Young Turk Awards
The Contessa comes to town to visit her property empire
She trends fashions and is a brand ambassador but most lucratively we’ve found a knack of working together in London
Time for action!
I felt like a crack SAS commando storming the Dorchester Hotel ambushing him and his entourage
Cheap money is boosting London prime property
London’s prime property world was whipped into a frenzy in Q1 with values growing 13.4% in Kensington & Chelsea
My marriage is ending. What steps should I take to make a settlement simple?
My marriage is at end and my spouse and I are about to separate. Are there any practical steps we should or shouldn’t take?
The Thing is I Really, Really Want...Something
Sebastian Gibson prides himself on understanding what people want; it's when people don't know what they want that things get difficult
A Slump in the Pound Could Slow Down London's Property Market
Ross Clark on two trends that could slow down the London property juggernaut: too much borrowed money and — potentially much more worrying — the slide in the value of the pound
Luck is the condition you can't do without, in property as in life
Like the actor’s first break, external circumstances are crucial. They are a cog in the wheel, as are the writer, director, cinematographer, promoter and good fortune
The Art of the Sale
Working in sales depends on good judgement: knowing when to tread softly and when to compose an email starting 'Dear Arsehole'
Unbillable Hours
Our specialists solve your HNW problems (gratis!)
Q
In this new anti-tax-avoidance era, when so many tax reliefs have been withdrawn, I've heard that investing in a Business Property Renovation Allowance scheme is one of the few remaining good opportunities for maxing your tax position. Is it true that you can get up to 100 per cent tax relief on the amount invested? And what exactly are these schemes? How do they work? What are the upsides? Downsides?
A
In this climate, it is a relief to see one potentially attractive tax allowance come through unscathed from recent criticism
Spear's Wire
- FT: EU may introduce country-by-country reporting as soon as summer
- Hauser & Wirth take on Paul Schimmel for Los Angeles gallery
- STEP: Switzerland introducing law to confiscate dictators' funds
- NYT: JP Morgan fined £3m for wealth management failings
- The Woolwich Attack Must Not be Used as an Excuse to Restrict Civil Liberties
