How to avoid inheritance tax - my piece for Times Radio
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How to avoid inheritance tax - my piece for Times Radio
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The ways people use to avoid paying inheritance tax with me @figlover.bsky.social and Jane Garvey on Times Radio on the Money Doctor slot this afternoon. An article will appear shortly on WWW.TheMoneyDoctor.TV
03.11.2025 07:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Adventures in woods - the stories of the stuff around us and where it comes from in our latest woodland walks podcast with the Woodland Trust featuring author John Drori
and producer Jodie Dalmeda
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So I’m retracing the Italian steps of journalist Tim Parks to the small town of Monteccio to paint a picture of Italian life. Except I’ve gone wrong by 1,500km and gone to Monteccio in Umbria and should be 20 hours drive north at Monteccio near Verona…. Of such mistakes, adventures are made
27.10.2025 10:14 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Quick reminder for anyone travelling budget airlines this half term - in addition to you small cabin bag you are usually allowed one bag of duty free - if you happen to use it for a jumper etc - I can’t imagine they would mind. Some airlines more fussy than others
25.10.2025 11:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just done great Halloween walk at Kenwood with headless horsemen and great light shows - recommended for adults and kids
23.10.2025 19:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How to borrow a dog, get insurance for a rabbit called Adam and foster a guide dog - all on today's Money Matters on Times Radio at 3:45 and on link below at TheMoneyDoctor.TV
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The surprising cost of owning an animal.
I'll be looking at vet bills and the rest, on Times Radio on Monday's Money Matters, as well as looking at what it costs to insure a pet rabbit called Adam
Public satisfaction with NHS hit a new low, says British Social Attitudes survey. Just 21% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2024. That’s down from 60% in 2019.
Thousands have run to private health. My guide to private health is here
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Bet you never heard this … we owe the love of vanilla to a 12 year old slave called Edmond Albius who invented the hand pollination of vanilla-which is still used today
One of the facts from our latest podcast ‘Woodland Walks with Adam Shaw’ as we discuss the stuff that comes from plants. Out soon
Over past 50 years, real terms health spending has risen over 500%, from £36 billion in 1972/73 to £212 billion in 2022/23
The number of doctors & nurses has risen and yet so have waiting lists
In today’s Money Matters on Times Radio I look at the flight to private health
“We now spend more on debt interest than on any public service bar the NHS”
Great piece by Paul Johnson in The Times today on the huge headache facing the Chancellor and why the triple lock and working age welfare spending are not the real problem.
IMF Chief seems to issue warning about potential market jitters “history tells us this sentiment can turn abruptly….Today’s valuations are heading toward levels we saw during the bullishness about the internet 25 years ago.”
08.10.2025 14:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Giving a speech at Langley Vale woods about nature and our connection to it and what it does for us. It was also a centre of WW1 camps and we were joined by citizen historians as we walked through the tree tributes to the dead of war.
07.10.2025 14:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“Bad things happen in October.” it says in Something Wicked This Way Comes and October is a month for stock market crashes in 1929, 1987 & 2008. So what are the teas leaves saying now? I'll be explaining at 3:40 on Times Radio
Do join us
Went on a sour dough starter lesson yesterday and you might have thought that was a bit niche - but courses in home bread making are selling like hot cakes.
I wonder what this says about us and changing things we want to do with our time and money - they’re not cheap
Bite sized business fact of the day
Aston Martin published latest update this morning.
The company originally called Bamford & Martin - it was founded by Lionel Martin & Robert Bamford
The name “Aston Martin” came from motorsport event Aston Hill Climb & Martin
October can be dangerous in all sorts of ways. It ‘s not quite winter but summer is far behind - it’s unpredictable & filled with the uncertainty of change
Some are worried that the stock market is about to get a case of the October chills - read on…
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Interesting debate about middle class shoplifting on Times Radio with Kate McCann & Stig Abell - there is some behavioural research showing that even a photo of eyes at the check out reduces theft, even if it’s clearly a picture not a camera
02.10.2025 08:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Any idea what a 'Flight Fillow' is?
I'll be explaining how it can cut the cost of your holiday flights this bank holiday, on Times Radio
with Kate McCan and Stig Abel
at 9:40 this morning.
Do tune in.
Almost half of all crime is fraud. There was over £2 billion of fraud reported in 2024
If you are going to be a victim of crime it is likely to be online
67% of fraud is cyber-enabled
Here’s how to avoid becoming a victim
Here’s the Money Doctor guide
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Some advice on how to avoid becoming a victim of fraud after my chat with the great presenting duo that are @figlover.bsky.social and Jane Garvey
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#fraud #money
What do you think of this kind of scenery and do you know what can be done to expand it? That's the debate I'm leading with the amazing @guyshrubsole.bsky.social author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain, & Who Owns England? at the Exeter Corn Exchange on Thursday - do join us if you can
29.09.2025 09:42 — 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1Launch last night of the book ‘The stuff that stuff is made of’ by Jonathan Drori about what practical things come from trees, and our podcast about it is coming soon - subscribe to it or listen here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
27.09.2025 06:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Groves still clothed in green in the deep forests of Tring - as Woodland Trust folk gather and discuss how to protect the heritage of 100s of years for the 1000s still to come.
As turmoil surrounds so many of us, we have met to see how the trees speak of the long view & hope
So if you want to keep your energy bills low - here is my guide which I have done especially for listeners of the Times Radio Breakfast show with the dynamic duo that are
Kate McCann and Stig Abell
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Why you should do the energy Hokey Cokey and look for a good energy deal - that's what we will be talking about on the breakfast show on Times Radio with Kate McCann and Sig Abel at 9:40
18.09.2025 08:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Two adjacent headlines that talk of an increasingly important divide - pension payments rise as times get tougher for working population.
16.09.2025 11:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Excellent point made by @figlover.bsky.social in our discussion on Times Radio about no organisation ever seeming to have the full answer you need when untangling finances in a divorce.
Here however is my guide to some of the things you may find useful
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The BBC haven’t got rid of all their old tech I see - although I’m assuming the stuff in the studio we’re filming in today, may be more digital …
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