Spear's Wealth Management Survey

Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill is a businessman who has been published on classical economics and on European philology and philosophy.

Euro Boomerang

If the EU cannot put together a deal that makes sense to themselves, why would anyone else bother?

Handing Europe's future to China

The Chinese no doubt do have a plan to save the euro: buy Mercedes, Airbus, Rolls Royce, Fiat, Danone.

Europa's School Report

In her economics mock in July she calculated that €440 billion was the answer, but the real answer was nearer five times bigger

Winter of Mass-Discontent

The electorates are on the march, in New York with the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ demonstration, London, Frankfurt...

So say the people of Ukraine, who have found two decades of capitalism not to their taste. Stephen Hill after a trip there considers whether its future lies east or west and whether capitalism is inherently immoral

The Greek Tragedy

So the EU gets ready for a 50% default to keep Greece in the eurozone: have the eurocrats gone stark, staring bonkers?

The Penny Drops

The biggest problem is the lost time, caused by the slimy invertebrates that constitute the euro-elite

Useless Bloody Swiss!

Adoboli has done us all a favour: we all now know casino banks are definitely a waste of time and shareholders’ money.

Down and Out in Paris, Berlin, Athens...

London has a chance, not a great one, but only because we are not saddled with the euro straitjacket

Francly Speaking

The Swiss action has put a decisive line under all that kind of nonsense. The gloves are now well and truly off

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In this new anti-tax-avoidance era, when so many tax reliefs have been withdrawn, I've heard that investing in a Business Property Renovation Allowance scheme is one of the few remaining good opportunities for maxing your tax position.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?

In this climate, it is a relief to see one potentially attractive tax allowance come through unscathed from recent criticism