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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement generated a raft of headlines that boasted of tax cuts and business support. A 2% drop in national insurance rates is supposed to put more money into people’s pockets, and businesses can continue to expense their investments indefinitely. So, come January when the changes take effect, should we all feel…

How probable is a future UK government taxing the wealthy amid rising Labor influence? What would be the targeted assets, and how would they determine their value? Additionally, how does physical gold factor into this scenario?

The technology that underpins crypto is coming to a gold bar near you. It’s designed to make it easier to trade physical gold digitally, but it could impact the privacy and counterparty risk benefits of owning physical gold?

War has far-reaching effects on wealth and investments. Conflict leads to stock market volatility, higher oil prices, and inflation, which can harm businesses, investments, and property markets. As the risk of contagion from the Middle East war grows, what is the likely impact of this war and how can you safeguard your assets?

In the classic heist caper The Italian Job, Michael Caine’s crew load up their brightly coloured cars with large heavy gold bars while outside the police try to break down the door. Gold bars are the asset of choice for most heist movies because that’s how governments and gangsters efficiently store their wealth. But it’s…

Good Morning Britain viewers found out when Josh Saul, CEO of The Pietra Sussan Company was asked by ITV to bring the newly minted coins and bars into the studio to show them off to Dancing on Ice star Andi Peters. As part of ITV’s £1 million Giveaway, Josh explained that gold is seen as…

The relationship between gold and money is a long and storied one. Gold is a form of money, a currency in its own right, as well as the basis for a system of paper money whose value is underwritten by gold. How did this relationship start, what did it become, and what does gold mean…

Silver has always lived in the shadow of its more popular and more expensive gold cousin. Silver remains an important precious metal, traded for centuries as currency, used in jewellery, as an investment and more recently in technology. So, is it silver’s time to shine?

The financial crisis of 2008 irrevocably changed our trust in financial institutions. So how solid is financial trust now and what can you do if you’ve lost faith in the system?