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No Budget in November

As many of you will have heard, the Chancellor has confirmed that there will no longer be a Budget this month or a multi-year Spending Review. Instead, Rishi Sunak will deliver a one-year review on November 25 with a focus on how the Government is going to continue meeting the challenges of Covid-19 and the […]

Investors keen on ESG

The term ‘Environmental, Social and Governance’ or ‘ESG’ is something that is coming up increasingly in conversations with clients. It covers a wide range of factors that influence an investor’s decision as to whether to invest in a company. Factors could include a company’s labour practices, product safety, treatment of animals and energy usage.  For […]

What does Lockdown 2 mean for the UK markets?

The Government’s decision to extend the full furlough through to the end of March 2021 and the Bank of England’s additional £150billion in quantitative easing (to spur spending and investment) surprised many commentators. It followed the announcement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson that England would enter a second national lockdown during the month of November […]

What does a Biden win mean for the markets?

President Trump may continue to refuse to concede defeat, but virtually everyone else in the US and the rest of the world is starting to ask: ‘What will a Joe Biden presidency mean?’ Unless there is some dramatic legal challenge that turns last week’s delayed result on its head, Biden will become the US’s 46th […]

Return to the Office

There is plenty in the news about the pros and cons of returning to the office. At Phillip Bates & Co, we are actively planning to return to our Neston office as soon as it is safe and sensible to do so. In the meantime, it remains business as usual with clients having the option […]

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