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  • A History Of The Mind-Body Connection

    • August 10, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Mental Health
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    The Mind-Body Connection is a kind of medical path that believes that the mind can affect our physical health; for example, that someone experiencing extended pressure at school or work will suffer a physical complaint like horrible headaches or hairloss until the pressure eases, or that whenever someone encounters an abusive ex-partner, they will feel

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  • 10 Ways Mindfulness & Meditation Promote Wellbeing

    • August 4, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Meditation
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    What is mindfulness? An easy way to describe it is the opposite of mindlessness—the times when you start eating a meal, zone out, and only come back to reality when your fork clicks against the empty plate. When you’re on autopilot like that, you can miss some of the best parts of life. Here’s how

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  • August 2017: Update On The UK’s Non-Domiciled Status

    • August 3, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Tax
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    Briefing note Headlines Anti-gains washing provisions withdrawn but HMRC are thinking of other solutions to the problem which they perceive to exist. Deemed UK domicile applies from 6th April 2017. Transitional rules for mixed funds and grandfathering of existing excluded property trusts. AUGUST 2017 Update on the UK’s non-domiciled status Who should read this? Anyone

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  • What Is “Dying Matters”?

    • July 10, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Charities
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    Dying Matters is a coalition that aims to generate a more open public dialogue regarding the issues of death and bereavement. The stigma around these topics has resulted in a society that’s very reserved and unwilling to talk openly and honestly about dying. It can be quite a sensitive issue but it’s an inevitable event

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  • 5 Life Lessons From Centenarians

    • July 9, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Happiness
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    Older people have lived so much life that they’ve learnt plenty of valuable lessons that us young folk ought to pay attention to. Don’t discount your elderly next-door neighbour just because she doesn’t have thousands of Twitter followers. The lessons she can teach you are much more valuable than ones you can find on social

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  • How To Live A Happy & Successful Life

    • July 8, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Happiness
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    We all want to live happily ever after, but it’s not going to happen if we just wait for it. In fact, all that happens if we do that is that we’ll get passed in our goals by other people who worked harder and weren’t so lazy. So what are the tips for living happily

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  • Why Money Is Not The Most Important Thing In Life

    • July 7, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Money
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    They say that money doesn’t buy happiness. Some people would disagree and others would say that you can use money to buy things that make you happy. But do material things really make us happy? Well that would depend on the individual person and what they define as being happy. As much as shiny new

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  • 5 Tips On Managing Stress & Anxiety

    • July 6, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Stress
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    Modern life comes with its own unique stresses and strains. In order to cope when things get too much, it’s important to develop coping strategies which work for you. Soothing an anxious mind can be difficult in the midst of an anxiety attack or during times of particularly high stress, but there are solutions out

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  • Action List For Those About To Become Deemed UK Domiciled For UK Tax Purposes

    • May 3, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Tax
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    Briefing Note Headlines You will become deemed UK domiciled (DUD) on 6th April 2017 either if you were born here or you are already in your 15th tax year of UK residence in the last 20. Rules apply from 6th April of RND’s 16th tax year. CGT rebasing for RNDs only. Trustees have to consider

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  • Inheritance Tax (IHT) And UK Residential Property

    • May 2, 2017
    • Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
    • Category: Tax
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    Briefing note Headlines Trustees of related party trusts.   To the extent your trust has assets attributable to UK residential property you are now within the ten year charge regime. The charge is basically 6% of net asset value every ten years. Related party debts included as is collateral supporting third party debt. Being a

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