Category: News

Have you received a text about updating your passport? Don't worry; it's not a scam. The message is from the Home Office and is part of the UK governments 'Get Ready for Brexit' campaign.

Holborn Assets sweeps the board, picking up three honours at the International Investment Awards. This year marks the 20th anniversary, making them the longest-running awards in the industry.

Theresa May is expected to continue talks with EU leaders in the coming days, after MPs backed a new proposal for her to renegotiate her Brexit deal.

Figures from Go Compare show that Brits are getting cannier with their financial planning. Brits are switching insurance providers now more than ever before.

This month marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There were over 2 million new cases of breast cancer worldwide in 2018 so far. Give yourself some peace of mind with critical illness insurance.

British expats living in the EU face fresh anxiety over their right to stay put - with EU member states accused of being slow to support expats in achieving the right "residency formalities."

June 2018 in the UK was sunnier and dryer than June 1976. However, weather is one of the main reasons that some Brits prefer to leave the country.

UK government ministers have told London’s financial sector to shape up and end the “alpha male culture” that predominates especially within "the City of London."

The HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) escalates efforts to target British expats. British expats settled abroad are only taxed on income produced in the UK.

St Patrick’s Day celebrations are all about the Shamrock and 4-leaf clover - the luckiest of Irish charms. Many of us have secret (or not so secret) superstitions and good luck charms!

On March 8th we will be celebrating the International Women's Day. Here at Holborn the focus never strays far from women’s finances. And rightly so.

Back in 2016 we saw the so-called “Panama Leaks.” For the second time in eighteen months, offshore tax havens have been in the public eye – this time with “the Paradise Papers.”

Australians living in the UAE, UK or elsewhere may need to be on their toes following recent budget details that could see them taxed as foreigners when selling their residences back home.

We love being expats in Dubai - but it is Bahrain that ranked as the top expat place in the world to live and work. The UAE was ranked 26th globally behind countries such as Sweden and Cambodia.

The financial regulator seeks to reduce the detrimental impact of high-cost loan products, including payday loans, cash advances on salaries and current account overdrafts.

172,919 cases of identity fraud were recorded in the UK in 2016. That’s just a small rise on the 169,592 cases recorded in 2015.

The Malware Monday virus exploits a weakness in Microsoft Windows which Microsoft patched in a March 2017 security update. More than 200,000 victims across 150 countries have been hit.