On 9 November last year I did a long blog on the Jyske Bank, based in Denmark. To cut to the quick, that blog suggested:
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A legal challenge to VAT abuse – getting closer
It’s not my usual policy to reproduce press releases, but on occasion it seems appropriate. The following was issued by the Forum for Private Business
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Who are you kidding?
I’m told I was in Le Monde this weekend, being quoted about Bono. But what added a touch of irony was that on the opposite
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Cut tax relief
There is of course an answer to the problem of private equity. The UK would not be fleeced by this form of asset stripping if
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The Tax Top 50
Here’s taxbar.com’s top 50 movers and shakers in the tax world (with thanks to ‘Roger Rabbit’ for the tip off). Not a single campaigner in
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Private equity – a threat to the well-being of capitalism
Will Hutton was also writing in the Observer this weekend. I’m not a committed fan of Hutton’s. But he’s right about private equity: this is
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Corporate management – in the Soviet tradition
I am not a great fan of Sunday newspapers, by and large (and that’s despite having written for one for a while). The reason is
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More exploitation
Try this for a sobering start to the week. Provident Financial will offer you a loan of £500 over 23 weeks repayable at £32 a
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Exploitation
I recently mentioned my occasional involvement in the campaign to impose an interest rate cap on those lenders who charge exorbitant fees in the secondary
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