A MAJORITY of Independent Financial Advisers will have to delay their St Patrick's Day celebrations as a flood of consumers are seeking their advice in an eleventh-hour rush to avoid the changes expected to be announced by Gordon Brown later today.
According to The Times, the traditional pre-Budget trip to the off-licence and petrol station has been replaced by last-minute visits to accountants and advisers in a bid to try to avoid new legislation coming into force today. Adding to that, some estate agents have also reported an upturn in activity amid fears about rises in stamp duty. LEAVING THE Budget, The Scotsman reports several fund managers caught up in the split capital trust scandal failed to sign up to compensation talks by FSA's deadline last night. This will leave 50,000 small investors no closer to getting their ...
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