The Crime Lord: Peter Capaldi on the manosphere, London and rocking out with his band as he approaches 70
Alfresco v Aldesco March 25, 2014 With the sun out, it’s time to eat alfresco, says Alex Dymoke – but for those poor souls stuck to your desks, we have some special take away options as well… THE CITY (NORTH)The Water Poet9-11 Folgate Street, E1 6BX The Water Poet pub is located at the very northern tip of the Square Mile. [...]
Banner Homes snapped up by Cala for £200m March 24, 2014 CALA Homes has made a further push into the more affluent south of England after buying luxury housebuilder Banner Homes yesterday for around £200m. The Edinburgh-based housebuilder, which develops upmarket properties in Scotland and in the Midlands has been looking to grow its presence in the south on the back of rising demand and said [...]
City Moves for 24 March 2014 | Who’s switching jobs March 24, 2014 Herbert Smith Freehills The law firm has announced the appointment of Justin D’Agostino as global head of dispute resolution. He is currently a partner, and has spent his entire legal career at the firm. Legal & General Property James Lidgate has joined Legal & General property as head of residential. He has over 14 years’ [...]
Clampdown on profit transfers from UK firms March 19, 2014 A CRACKDOWN on tax avoidance in yesterday’s Budget will extend a scheme to limit avoidance through transferring profits internationally. Chancellor George Osborne said that HM Revenue & Customs would try to net more firms that it suspects are moving profit overseas to avoid UK tax, extending a move taken in December’s Autumn Statement. The change comes [...]
Sustained bank levy takes £3bn from lenders March 19, 2014 BANKS will cough up almost £3bn in bank levy payments every year for the forseeable future, as the sums on which the tax is based are re-calculated. The chancellor did not increase the rate yesterday, as he had already hiked it to 0.156 per cent of big banks’ balance sheets, the levy’s seventh rise since [...]
Budget 2014: What to watch out for today March 18, 2014 WHO: GEORGE OSBORNEWHEN: 12.30PM TODAYWHERE: HOUSE OF COMMONS WHAT WE ALREADY KNOWA facelift for the pound coinOsborne will announce plans to give the £1 coin a facelift in his Budget today. This will see a new two-coloured 12-sided coin introduced in 2017 after a consultation. Help to buy extended to 2020The equity loan scheme set up to [...]
Wishes and predictions for Osborne’s budget March 17, 2014 Business and accountancy advisers BDO has drawn up a wishlist for neglected middle-market firms, looking for a tax allowance for spending on factories and a reduction in employers’ national insurance for manufacturers. BDO also believes that the chancellor could reform business rates in a revenue neutral fashion and announce a fresh review. BDO say that [...]
Eurozone price growth hovers at four year low March 17, 2014 INFLATION in the Eurozone stayed at a four year low during February, despite early indications that price growth was slightly firmer during the month. The currency union’s harmonized index of consumer prices has risen by 0.7 per cent between February 2013 and last month, significantly below the European Central Bank’s target of close to two [...]
Letters to the Editor – 18/03 – No clothes Cameron, Best of Twitter March 17, 2014 No clothes Cameron [Re: Cameron sets out his agenda for EU reform, yesterday] David Cameron’s EU plan will be a stillbirth, if it ever reaches the delivery room. Powers cannot flow away from a German-driven, Frenchbacked, ever closer union, which suits weaker member states. Qualified majority voting is increasingly the norm, and there is little [...]
Wishes and predictions for Osborne’s budget March 17, 2014 ■ EY suggests there is little room for the chancellor to make big changes, given the spending constraints he has set for the Treasury, and that the OBR’s adjustments will be small. ■ However, the big four accounting firm expects George Osborne to make a move on the top rate of stamp duty, raising the [...]