In Commons Matt Hancock turns tables on Dave Doogan MP : "The proposed increase in NHS Scotland, is lower than England, lower than the money passed from UK taxpayers to spend on NHS in Scotland.This question of the missing millions is one that we need answers to from Scotgov"

In our latest episode of Retirementals, we speak to David Ferguson about how he started, his investment approach and how to organically grow assets. Listen to the podcast here >> buff.ly/2PNh3tb Abraham Okusanya David Ferguson #podcast #pension #retirement #fintech

Stripe vs PayPal. Anyone have any thoughts on the best payment system for a small business owner to collect payments? PayPal seems to place payments on hold for 21 days for new businesses.

Not done one of these in a while! #hotelview

A huge thank you to Nucleus Financial for allowing me to host the four #illuminatelive sessions this month. Thanks to Kathryn Knowles, PhD Phil Billingham Jeannie Boyle and Richard Essex for putting up with me over the last four weeks. A really fantastic series for planners from Nucleus.

Well Edwin Poots lasted 21 days. I’m sure there may be other, better news stories today, but none that please me more. People in high office in the UK in the 21st century who have talked about ‘not being able to cure’ gay citizens do not deserve that high office.

Interesting article from the Nucleus Financial Illuminate practice development archives from earlier this year. Jonathan Letham head of Nucleus IMX, our client goals-based investment service, discusses what low interest rates mean…lnkd.in/eR5qx93 lnkd.in/es_MeEb

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With Lloyd Aves on a train into Liverpool Street and the woman next to us has just opened up a Tupperware of last night’s curry and is tucking in with great vigour. #haveaword #toomuchgarlic

There is a lot of discussion currently regarding the FCA Consumer Duty rules and how they are intended to bring about a heightened prioritisation of customer needs. We have a very informative piece on this topic this week on Nucleu…lnkd.in/e8P7ZY66 lnkd.in/e5jk9W_7

This clip will go down in tennis history

In 1940, an illegitimate Russian referendum forced my country into decades of terror, subjugation and poverty. That's all I'm going to say about illegitimate Russian referendums.

Not done one of these for a while, I’ve had worse. #hotelview

Today we're delighted to announce the launch of the Nucleus Foundation, our new, dedicated philanthropic arm, supporting the causes that matter most to our people and the communities in which we operate. We have an initial £750,000 of funding and can’t wait to get started!

24 years of the Scottish Parliament & we have never had such a crisis of the governing party. When Henry McLeish resigned as FM it was over £36,000 office income; Wendy Alexander resigned as Labour leader over a £950 donation. This is of a completely different scale.

With the Consumer Duty deadline rapidly approaching, why not take a look at our Consumer Duty hub to make sure you've got everything covered? hubs.li/Q01WLMN50 #ConsumerDuty

Average real GDP growth, 2010-2023 (IMF data): Italy - 0.37% Spain - 1.00% France - 1.18% Euro area - 1.25% Germany - 1.45% UK - 1.53% 13 years, maybe not so wasted...

Happy New Year! 🎉 As we step into 2024, Andrew Tully gives us his thoughts on the tax changes that advisers need to look out for hubs.li/Q02fh6rs0

1/ Appearing before the Convenors Group yesterday at Holyrood, John Swinney said this about the impact of inflation on Scot Gov’s budget: “So essentially the value of the budget has been eroded over a 3-year period by 18%.” This is false. He should correct the Official Report.