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[18.08.15] Wilmslow Motor Show – 12th September 2015

Taking place on the streets of Wilmslow, the Wilmslow Motor Show is set to return for its third year. On Saturday 12th September 2015, Wilmslow town centre will once again be transformed into a hotbed of high-end luxury cars.

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[27.07.15] NEW POWERS FOR HMRC TO PICK YOUR POCKET

HMRC is set to gain powers to collect tax debts directly from taxpayers’ bank accounts under the Direct Recovery of Debts (DRD) rules, from Royal Assent of Finance (No 2) Act 2015. This is likely to be late September or early October 2015.

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[09.07.15] Summer Budget 2015

Yesterday, Chancellor George Osborne unveiled his seventh Budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his first under a Conservative-only Government. In fact it is the first budget under a Conservative majority in Parliament since 1996 and it looks set to be the one that defines Mr Osborne’s premiership at the Treasury.

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[08.07.15] Deeds of Variation under Threat

For the past two decades, the beneficiaries of a deceased’s estate have been legally entitled to alter, deny or completely redirect, any legacy bestowed by the deceased, whether under a Will or intestacy.

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[01.07.15] What effect will the Greek debt crisis have on our finances in the UK?

To avoid bankruptcy, Greece currently needs around €7.2 billion (£5.6 billion) in the form of a bailout loan. Despite months of talks, the Greek government and its EU creditors have not (as of 2nd July 2015) come up with a deal which will mean an agreement over the terms of the loan.

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[24.06.15] Wilmslow in Bloom and Wilmslow Scarecrow Festival

We haven’t gone doolalley; we have joined in with Wilmslow in Bloom and Wilmslow Scarecrow Festival

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