Season’s Greetings from CN Group

We hope you have a relaxing break over the festive period and a wonderful New Year! We look forward to working with you and welcoming you to the Stockport Business Awards in 2026. Look out for further information and 'Save the Dates' coming soon. In the ...

December News – Budget 2025

Welcome to the Budget 2025 edition of Tax E-News. We hope you enjoy reading this newsletter and find it useful. Please contact us on enquiries@cnfp.co.uk or 0161 495 4700 if you wish to discuss any issues further. On 26 November 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented her second Budget to ...

Why this LIBF learner chose a hands-on traineeship over lecture halls | Walbrook Institute London LIBF

CN Financial Planning’s Amelia Herbert features in Walbrook Institute London LIBF Publication CN Financial Planning’s Amelia Herbert CeMAP, CeMAP Diploma and DipFA holder, has been featured in the recent article by Walbrook Institute London LIBF  entitled: ‘Why this LIBF learner chose a hands-on traineeship over ...

Congratulations to Stockport Business Awards Winners and Runners Up for The Innovation Award Sponsored & Presented by CNFP

IFA Partner in CN Financial Planning LLP, Scott Herbert was delighted to award Eco Clarity as Winner of The Innovation Award at the Stockport Business Awards that took place on 2nd October at Edgeley Park. Scott Herbert, IFA Partner in CN Financial Planning LLP and Presenter of ...

CNFP Continues to Grow by Welcoming Laura Norbury to the Support Team

CN Financial Planning has experienced continued growth and subsequently expanded the support team by the appointment of Laura Norbury. Laura previously worked on the support services team at CN Group from 2020 until April 2022, before leaving to travel and work in Australia. During her ...

Starting Out: Helping Young People take Alternative Routes into Advice | Money Marketing

CN Financial Planning’s Amelia Herbert features in Money Marketing Article CN Financial Planning’s Amelia Herbert CeMAP, CeMAP Diploma and DipFA holder, has been featured in the recent article by Money Marketing entitled: ‘Starting Out: Helping young people take alternative routes into advice’.  Amelia Herbert, trainee ...

CNFP Strengthens Team – Welcome Callum

As part of the business growth plans, CN Financial Planning recently appointed Callum Coppard. Callum has joined CN following his graduation with a first degree in a CII endorsed course, Banking and Finance, from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2024. This course also emphasised Financial Planning, ...

CN Welcomes Marketing Manager to it’s Growing Business

CN Group welcomes Louise Lamaris to the team ahead of what is set to be another year of growth in 2025. Louise has progressed her career in marketing, working previously in the engineering sector, following her graduation from the University of Chester. Louise is managing ...

Check Your State Pension Entitlement

HMRC have developed an app that can help people prepare for their retirement.  Individuals can use the app to check their State Pension Forecast, allowing them to: see their State Pension age; view their forecast State Pension amounts based on potential contributions; and view how ...

Potential Pension Changes in October Budget

Changes to pension tax relief seems to be top of the list of possible changes in the Budget and could yield more tax revenues than changes to CGT and IHT combined. As recently as 6 April 2023, we saw the abolition of the lifetime allowance ...

Should You Pass On Wealth to Avoid Inheritance Tax?

Many wealthy individuals are apparently passing on substantial amounts of their wealth in anticipation of possible changes to inheritance tax (IHT) in Labour’s first Budget on 30 October. This allegedly includes a number of high-profile individuals such as TV presenter Anne Robinson who confirmed that ...

Be Wary of the 60% Income Tax Trap

It has recently been reported over half a million taxpayers paid a marginal income tax rate of 60% in 2022/23, up by 23% from the number in 2021/22. This marginal rate applies where an individual’s adjusted net income falls between £100,000 and £125,140, where every ...