February 2012 - Spear's Magazine

FT: Hollande proposes 75% income tax over EUR1m

Tel: Mansion tax would cost more than earn, says Centre for Policy Studies

Month: February 2012

Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records Founder, Donates £26m to Oxford University

Mica Ertegun, the widow of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, is giving £26 million to Oxford University, the largest donation towards the study of humanities in the universitys 900-year history

From William Cash: The Dirty Secret of the Planning Appeal System

If Greg Clark, the planning minister in charge of revising the NPPF, does not tighten protection for the approx just 1,300 ’heritage tourism’ attractions and buildings that are open to the public (and contribute ’7.4 billion a year), Britain is at risk of becoming an embarrassing heritage graveyard

The World Economy On The Brink…Again

No Safety Net The world economy is like a high-wire act where the man with the balancing-pole is clinging on gamely but wobbling uncomfortably, even dangerously, while everyone else is anxiously holding their breath, relieved only by big gulps of revivifying air at each and every fraught step negotiated without immediate disaster.

Only Heritage Preservation Can Keep Britain Great

Keeping Britain Great One of the reasons that David Cameron and George Osborne were in Davos was to attend a British tea party at Schneider’s Cafe the Fortnum’s of Davos hosted by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and model Lily Cole and attended by such billionaires as the Mittal family.

Spear’s Co-Produces Video on 21st Century Philanthropy

Spear's, as part of its continual emphasis on the important of philanthropy, has co-produced a film on philanthropy with Red Sky Vision. The film, which is also part of the 1 Per Cent Campaign, is called Philanthropy 21 and features figures like Culture minister Ed Vaizey, philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley and author Michael Green talking about how to be a philanthropist in the 21st century.

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