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Newsletter September 2026

30 September 2026

To begin, a thank you to all who responded to last month’s View From The Plain newsletter. 

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Newsletter September 2026

30 September 2026

To begin, a thank you to all who responded to last month’s View From The Plain newsletter. 

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Newsletter August 2026

3 September 2026

So, why have you received this newsletter by post? For those of you who usually open your emails, you will have received this View From The Plain newsletter in the normal way. For those of you who, according to our read receipts, haven’t opened them … you have this one in an envelope!

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Newsletter July 2026

3 August 2026

So… the football is over and we came close (again!), the tennis came and went, and politics continues to keep us entertained.

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Newsletter June 2026

13 July 2026

Football and politics… what is the connection?

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Newsletter May 2026

3 June 2026

Fuel costs are rising again and, as we all know, those increases rarely stay isolated for long. They feed through into transport, food, services and ultimately into our day-to-day lives.

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Newsletter April 2026

29 April 2026

Another globally unsettling month has passed since my last newsletter, yet financially we continue to make steady progress. Sometimes that is worth remembering; progress does not always arrive with headlines or fanfare. Often, it comes quietly.

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Newsletter March 2026

9 April 2026

As I have said many times before, Happy New Tax Year! This year feels a little different. We have seen many clients withdrawing funds, largely driven by the ever-changing tax landscape. In many ways, this is exactly what the Chancellor intended, encouraging spending to help stimulate the economy.

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Newsletter February 2026

31 March 2026

What has been happening at Burfields? We have had a very exciting month! Our new additional offices in Tenterden officially opened on Monday 23rd February, followed immediately by our very first business-to-business seminar for local financial advisers, solicitors, accountants and business owners.

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Newsletter January 2026

31 March 2026

Was 2025 a good year for you? Results-wise, it certainly was for many, but beyond numbers and markets, did you feel it was a good year in life too?

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Newsletter November 2025

11 November 2025

It is very hard to predict the future — in fact, impossible but one thing is for sure: some of the current Autumn Budget rumours will not happen. So, a question worth asking might be: how would you feel if you acted on speculation that never came to pass and ended up worse off as a result? That is why it is always best to stay calm amid the noise and avoid making knee-jerk decisions.

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Newsletter September 2025

1 September 2025

With so much change ahead of us, and the ever-growing rumours and speculation for the Autumn Budget, the question is: WHERE DO WE START?