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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is chief reporter at Professional Adviser.

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Budget 25: APR and BPR £1m threshold frozen until 2031

Tax planning

Budget 25: APR and BPR £1m threshold frozen until 2031

Unused allowance transferable between spouses and civil partners

clock 26 November 2025 • 2 min read
Budget 25: IHT nil rate bands frozen until 2031

Tax Planning

Budget 25: IHT nil rate bands frozen until 2031

Confirmed in Budget documents today

clock 26 November 2025 • 2 min read
Budget 25: Chancellor scraps infected blood scandal IHT charge

Tax planning

Budget 25: Chancellor scraps infected blood scandal IHT charge

Compensation payments exempt ‘regardless of the circumstances’

clock 26 November 2025 • 2 min read
CII launches vulnerability guide

Your profession

CII launches vulnerability guide

For insurance and personal finance

clock 25 November 2025 • 3 min read
PhillipCapital eyes Walker Crips takeover with £6m bid

Companies

PhillipCapital eyes Walker Crips takeover with £6m bid

Amid significant regulatory, compliance and liquidity challenges

clock 24 November 2025 • 3 min read
FCA bids to save firms £100m a year with transaction reporting changes

Regulation

FCA bids to save firms £100m a year with transaction reporting changes

Aiming to reduce costs and improve quality of data

clock 21 November 2025 • 1 min read
IHT on pensions: 'We're going to have to muddle along with it until it works'

Tax planning

IHT on pensions: 'We're going to have to muddle along with it until it works'

PIMFA’s Simon Harrington touches on the reality of any changes

clock 21 November 2025 • 1 min read
IHT receipts hit £5.2bn as gifting rumours emerge ahead of Budget

Tax planning

IHT receipts hit £5.2bn as gifting rumours emerge ahead of Budget

Speculation around gifting and trust taxation rules expected

clock 21 November 2025 • 4 min read
The Penny Group takes majority stake in £350m AUM advice firm

Companies

The Penny Group takes majority stake in £350m AUM advice firm

Will integrate with Harridge Financial Services over a three-year timeframe

clock 21 November 2025 • 2 min read
Advice firm revenues hit £6bn in 2024 but job numbers fall

Your profession

Advice firm revenues hit £6bn in 2024 but job numbers fall

Retail investment adviser posts across all firms fell to 37,441

clock 21 November 2025 • 2 min read