Posts By: Matthew Smith

Don’t Abandon The Plan

Posted on May 10, 2022 by - Uncategorised

The month of April was somewhat unusual in several ways.

First of all, we saw the conflict in Ukraine drag on far longer than anyone would have liked and it now seems to be somewhat likely that it will continue for many months (or even years) yet.

Second, it seems we are still not ‘done’ with Covid with it causing problems here at home in the form of yet more staff absence within businesses and all of the associated challenges that that brings. Not to mention the far more serious and significant measures being introduced in other parts of the world.

Some Light Relief

Posted on March 25, 2022 by - Uncategorised

It would have been hard to miss the headlines around the Spring Statement over the past few days. Clearly, the cost of living crisis is gaining in speed and severity both here in the UK and in many other economies around the world.

Happy International Women’s Day!

Posted on March 8, 2022 by - Uncategorised

‘As of 2021, there were 516 thousand full-time male employees in the financial and insurance activities sector in the United Kingdom, whereas there were 344 thousand female employees.’

In a male dominant industry, Buckingham Gate is breaking the mould with women currently outnumbering men in the Buckingham Gate office. Now, of course, that is not on purpose, Matthew’s philosophy when hiring new staff has always been the same – if he feels the candidate will fit into the team and will contribute to the success of the business as everyone else does, then they are hired!

Markets in the Red

Posted on March 7, 2022 by - Uncategorised

I awoke this morning to what will be described by the media as a ‘Sea of Red’ – which is significant falls on the vast majority of major markets that had already started trading and predictions of the same for the FTSE here in the UK and on the European exchanges.