We are going to have more threads like this I suspect. We have an absolute glut of talented midfielders now, so some will have to go on loan or be sold or they simply won't get playing time.
This. We've had four rooms replastered from the core. We had four layers of plaster (all different grades) and ended up with 6 inches on some of the stone walls. The plaster costs a lot, the specialist are in short supply. Lime plastering costs a fortune. Beware someone doing it on the cheap...
No. These are industry stats, not my agency. If you have persuaded someone to stay by paying them more, they tend to leave quite soon because mentally, they have decided to move on.
This did sometimes happen in my business, even though we benchmarked salaries to the industry standards and paid...
In ad agencies (my world), if you give someone a payrise to keep them in the company, they typically last another 6 months before leaving.
I suspect paying footballers more to stop them leaving is similar.
But that doesn't take in to account the relative value of the money in 1996. Those numbers don't look too far out from the national numbers (though higher I agree)
IHT is a national tax, affects us all (well those 4% who have to lay it). Not sure that's relevant.
My two pennies worth (or 12p worth for @Weststander ) it feels like a fair tax, especially when you pay nothing on the first mill of the estate.
It's 4%, but the point is well made. The current allowance for IHT is £1m (assuming a couple, where one died first and left the estate to the surviving partner).
IHT makes sense as a form of capital gains tax.
Before this becomes a "fact", houses are worth 2x what they were in 1996 according to the ONS.
https://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/indices-nationwide-national-inflation/