The FT has reported tonight that: Brussels is probing Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands over their tax deals with multinationals paving the way potentially for a formal
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The FT’s reported this morning that: Verizon is on course to sell $49bn of bonds on Wednesday, the largest corporate debt sale in history, as the
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The following seemed too good not to share, so I am: Forget Jack the Ripper and the London Dungeons, we show you the murky side of the
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I could not help but be amused by a comment from Simon Jenkins in this morning’s Guardian: The latest body blow to the benighted [HS2]
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David Cameron’s irresponsible statement on Monday that none of the UK’s Crown Dependencies or Overseas Territories can now be considered tax havens is already having serious
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In 2010 George Osborne led the UK into solely politically motivated austerity and government cuts using the first of his political bogeymen – the power
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I was invited to the Sheila McKechnie Foundation awards ceremony yesterday. It was great to see David Hillman of Stamp Out Poverty receive the Sheila
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The Jersey Evening Post published an article on Monday quoting me that was riddled with errors. It said: A CRITIC of the Island’s finance industry
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I mentioned my concern about the fine imposed by accountancy regulators on Deloitte yesterday. My friend and colleague Prof Prem Sikka has addressed the issue
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