Inheritance tax threats and dodges not widely known by HNWs
A report released by Close Brothers Asset Management has found that less than half of those exposed to inheritance tax…
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Doing a little business in Britain may bring a huge tax bill
There are many things people move to Britain for – good schools, a buoyant property market, a stable legal system…
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Alex Salmond is going to be smoked out in the independence debate
Author: by Stephen Hill There is an unpleasant fish invading the pure waters of Scotland, polluting the atmosphere and creating…
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Giver and the Gift: How a recruiter charitably went to the aid of the SOS Project
Author: Chloe Barrow The Giver John Grumbar Former CEO and Chairman of Egon Zehnder International The Grumbar file After Charterhouse,…
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Art14's Global Private Museum Summit gathers super-collectors in London
The summit gives Art14 heft and importance: other art fairs, to their presumed jealousy, cannot bring together so many grade-A,…
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Lack of flood dredging shows idiocy of government bureaucracy
Author: by Stephen Hill The floods in Somerset are an archetypal example of the fundamental error of the creeping bureaucracy…
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Why increased tolerance for errors in wills should not encourage sloppiness
The Supreme Court ruling in Marley v Rawlings, which said that a will, despite being mis-signed, may still be valid,…
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Stephanie Flanders on leaving the BBC, J P Morgan’s terrible coffee and press-ups with the Navy Seals
COFFEE BREAKThe day I decided to leave the BBC for J P Morgan, a friend of mine dreamt that I…
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Stephanie Flanders has stepped into a whole new world at J P Morgan: making money, electronic efficiency and competitive team-building…
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England won’t build enough houses in the next five years
A substantial increase in housebuilding over the next five years will not meet demand and push up land prices according…
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US better at philanthropy than rest of world
High net worth individuals in the US donate more and more efficiently than philanthropists in Europe, Asia and the Middle…
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Will attending the BAFTAs get me into tax trouble?
As the awards season gets into full swing, you have received an invitation to this Sunday’s BAFTAs at London’s Royal…
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Why do some cancers attract more philanthropy than others?
Many of us were shaken from the daze of our morning commutes last week by hard-hitting posters in the commuter…
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Savills says that the gap between houses built and houses needed won’t be closed. By Alex Matchett A substantial increase…
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What do Bob Crow, Ed Balls and Alex Salmond have in common?
Bob Crow, Ed Balls and Alex Salmond: what have this motley crew got in common? See if you can work…
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Relying on the wealthy for taxes is a dangerous strategy
The UK is increasingly relying on a small group of high net worth individuals as its main source of tax…
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Alex Matchett reviews Conor McPherson’s The Weir, now on at the Wyndham’s Theatre ’The Weir’ is a gripping production, acted…
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Christopher's all American grill lightens up with new raw food bar
Recent trends for Peruvian food and more specifically cerviche has pushed raw firmly into the ‘trendy’ box, and classic carpaccios…
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Why transparent philanthropy is a more valuable contribution than silent giving
Author: Chloe Barrow IF YOU’VE GOT IT, FLAUNT IT The Shepherd’s Bush Westfield is perhaps the last place one thinks…
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Why 21st century landed estates must move from cherished monuments to modern businesses
UPSTAIRS DOWNFALL Britain’s stately estates have proved, over the centuries, as much millstones as treasures. They have been granted by…
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