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By now, you’ll undoubtedly be aware of HMRC’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ (MTD) project. The aim of the project is to modernise the entire tax system by requiring all businesses to manage every element of their tax affairs online by 2020.

In and out of the news this year has been Rupert Grint, the actor who played Harry Potter’s best mate, Ron Weasley, in the eight big screen adaptations of J. K. Rowling’s fantasy series, released between 2001 and 2011.

the knock on effect of the interest rate cuts

but do you have a financial plan B?

Whilst the fallout of the Brexit vote and the Bank of England’s base rate cut are at the forefront of many minds, it’s important not to completely disregard what’s happening in China.

Depending on when you purchased your house, and with house prices seeing a rise of 30% in the past decade, owning outright is becoming more difficult to achieve for some.

A sustained collapse in commodity prices, China’s stunning market rout followed by its shocking currency devaluation as well as fears of a Greek default and a US interest rate hike were some of the factors that made the past three months a summer to forget for investors.

Never was that statement truer than in August, when virtually all the major world markets headed down, led by the plunging stock market in China.