The Guardian Long Read is well worth your attention today. It is entitled: Why we should bulldoze the business school And is subtitled: There are
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Brexit and music: Howard Goodall’s must read article
My attention was drawn yesterday to a fabulous blog by the composer, conductor and musician, Howard Goodall which discusses Brexit and music. As he began:
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Tax in 2027: a personal view
I spoke at an event in Cambridge last night. This was billed as: Richard Murphy presents his personal, positive vision – and then leads discussion
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Bringing the curtain down on the UK’s tax havens
The Times is reporting this morning that: An amendment [to legislation] requiring the government to force British overseas territories and crown dependencies to bring in
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Plastics: the best will comply and the rest will free ride
U.K. supermarkets and related businesses are announcing today that they have set themselves a target of ensuring all plastic that they use can be recycled
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The inexorable decline in the quality of UK accounting data
I have continued to work on UK Companies House data. One of the trends I have noted is the rise in the submission of unaudited
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Tory austerity has delivered the worst decade for UK productivity growth since the 18th century
Bank Underground, the Bank of England’s blog, has published a new post by BoE researcher John Lewis this morning, saying: How poor has the past
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If business wants to talk responsibility it has to talk tax
It was interesting to hear Louise Nicholls of Marks & Spencer talking about sustainable business in Ely Cathedral last night. The discussion focused on the
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The fight for corporate transparency
I cross-post this from the Tax Justice Network blog, with permission, because it adds to the debate on country-by-country reporting: On 25 May 2018, the European
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