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Trees for Life recently sent us a certificate as a thank you for our corporate donation, which sponsored the planting of a grove of 90 trees.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today announced that stamp duty land tax will not apply to purchases of residential property of £175,000 or less.

To protect the public’s investments and savings the Policyholders Protection Act (PPA) was passed in 1975 and
this set up the Policyholders Protection Board (PPB) as a statutory board to administer a compensation scheme for compensating investors when their insurance or investment companies get into financial difficulty. The Act was extended in 1997 and has subsequently evolved to include the
Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Below are highlights of the Chancellor's Pre Budget Report released yesterday. For further details, please visit the resource section on the website of Brewers, our chartered accountancy business, by clicking here.

Come and meet the Bourne Group at stand 134 of Employee Benefits Live at
the Business Design Centre in Islington on 29 and 30 September 2009 and get the chance* to win first prize of a 32 inch Toshiba LCD TV or second prize of a Roberts Revial leather-bound radio.

Continuing its tradition of involvement in and support of the local community, The Bourne Group is pleased to announce
its sponsorship of a team from Woking Squash Club, which is taking part in this year’s Surrey County Squash League. In fact,
The Bourne Group’s own Commercial Director, John Hughes, plays at number one for the team, which is currently ranked
top of its division after three matches.

By Steven Williams, Senior Adviser (pictured)
I am very pleased to announce the launch of a new Web.fs service provision which complements our established Wealth Management offering: Financial Planning (FP). But what is FP?

By Mark Hodson, Senior Adviser (pictured)
The ‘pension age’ is set by HM Revenue and Customs and refers to the minimum age at which you can take your pension benefits (it does not mean that this is the age at which you will receive your benefits).

By Mark Hodson, Senior Adviser (pictured)
If you were born before 1968 you could suffer financially if
you have opted out of the State Second Pension (previously known as SERPS).

By Gerry Baker (pictured).
The subject of retirement ages will be one of the main talking points in the upcoming general election.

By Ross Butters (pictured)
Following the near collapse of the global financial markets in 2008 it seemed that during the second quarter of 2009 a recovery was under way for most major economies.

The Bourne Group is supporting the CHASE hospice care for children Let's Lunch initiative by holding a fundraising lunch on Wednesday 24 March.
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