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Mark leads S&W’s PR and internal communications team. He has 15 years’ experience helping professional and financial services companies raise their profile in national, regional and specialist media.
After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in business and subsequently completing a masters in newspaper journalism at Nottingham Trent University, Mark worked as a journalist in East Yorkshire, covering business and general news for the Hull Daily Mail. He then spent a decade working for PR agencies before joining Smith & Williamson (now S&W) in 2017.
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S&W strengthens private client tax services team with Bristol-based Partner
S&W, the fast-growing professional services group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Graham Charlton as Partner in its growing private client tax services team. Based in Bristol, Graham will also support clients across Birmingham and the wider region.
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Festive cheer for family farms and businesses as government raises IHT thresholds
The government has confirmed it is to raise the threshold for inheritance tax relief on assets that qualify for agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR) to £2.5 million, following months of intense lobbying from the National Farmers Union, FBUK and recommendations from various Commons and House of Lords select committees. It’s an improvement for family farmers and business owners that faced inheritance tax (IHT) bills that would put many of their futures, and those of their employees, in doubt, according to Toby Tallon, tax Partner at professional services group S&W. But it doesn’t go far enough, he says.