To P2P or not to P2P?
Peer-to-peer lending, or crowdlending, is proving a godsend for SMEs and investors alike. Christopher Silvester reports How many of you…
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Maria Sharapova Net Worth
Ranked world No. 7 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), Russian professional tennis player Maria Sharapova has an estimated net…
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A sugar tax may not be like taking candy from a baby
Sophie Mazzier examines how the government might go about taxing our sweet tooth Despite the fact that the deadline for…
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Engel & Völkers Yachting to expand its presence in the French Riviera this Spring
Engel & Völkers, one of the leading service companies specialised in the brokerage of premium residential property, commercial real estate,…
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City Veterans’ Network Gala Dinner
Just as Elizabeth Hurley used to be one of the star draws of Arki Busson’s ARK dinner, so she dazzled…
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Blog from the Editor-in-Chief
In the new issue of Spear’s, I have written about how the Earl of March is set to make another…
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Britain must boost its golden visas, not end them
Nick Rollason on the surprise proposal in parliament this week that could shut migratory HNWs out in the cold An…
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Davos is daft!
Stephen Hill rakes the mountainside for wisdom, but finds little worth hearing The World Economic Forum is over for another…
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Hedgehog Issue 48: Tax justice, Annie Leibovitz and Sexy Fish
Spear’s spikiest friend search for greener grass and juicier gossip Drake’s progress Fifteen years after co-founding Lord North Street, one…
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Trump, Corbyn and politics of the absurd
Boy About Town Zak Smith laments the tragicomic state of our leaders Western politics entered deeper into the theatre of…
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Piers Morgan net worth
Piers Morgan, has an estimated net worth of £13 million. The British journalist, writer and television host has a career…
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Why cash is the most crucial asset class for wealth managers
Andrew Thatcher says cash is the one to get right if wealth advisers want to keep their clients making gains.…
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Investors in Iran now face the Revolutionary Guard
As the sanctions come down investors will flock to Iran but they must be ready to deal with the string-pullers…
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Why medi-spas could be the next big thing for silver surfers
With an ageing population to care for, Lucia van der Post observes that modern spas offer far more than massages.…
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At the Sharp End: Amanda Levete
The award-winning architect who is designing a new courtyard and gallery at the Victoria & Albert Museum offers her blueprint…
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Why Cameron should give up on EU reform and Brexit in style
Stephen Hill says the UK does not need a ‘stagnant, deflationary, one-size-suits-only-Germany Single Currency EU’. 14 David Cameron bowed to…
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Jedis lose to Druids when it comes to charitable status
The force is not with the UK’s Jedi Knights, who are yet to make the Charity Commission Register, unlike the…
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Growing up fast: family businesses in danger of selling too soon
When there are no heirs to the throne, painful and difficult decisions abound says Deborah Clark. Family businesses are much…
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Meet the Lord of tech
One of Britain’s leading tech entrepreneurs, Paul Drayson’s career has taken him from robotics and riches to the red benches…
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The Marmite paradox: Why thrift can also be a luxury
Is scraping the bottom of your Marmite jar an admirable mortal failing or blatant Marie Antoinettism? Sam Leith explains financial…
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