Living on a gold mine: how to exploit the wealth beneath your home
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First sale of government stake in Lloyds is a success – but can private investors cash in on the deal?
Just a few days ago the government formally announced the imminent stock market flotation of state-owned British postal stalwart Royal…
ByHead of English Heritage: The wealthy must start to fund our historic buildings
As the chief executive of English Heritage in an age of austerity, Simon Thurley wants to tell the English to…
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Chinese snap up 40 per cent of prime homes
Non-UK citizens have bought almost eight out of ten luxury new-build homes sold in central London in the past two…
ByWith Syria, carrying the big stick, not using it, has put back military intervention
This current deal, unthinkable a month ago, would not have materialised were it not for the threat of American missiles…
ByWatch: Why we're a lot more like the Romans than we might imagine
This week, editor Josh Spero talks about his visit to the British Museum’s Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum…
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Sotheby's multiples sale shows prints booming, gap in art market widening
More people are buying multiples because actual art-objects are becoming increasingly expensive It’s only a change of name, but it…
ByBest of the Weekend: Death in Kenya, capture in Syria, Voyager in space
We bring you the best of the weekend’s papers: why violence in Kenya is sending the Brits fleeing, why the…
BySTEP: HMRC’s surprise inheritance tax change met with disapproval
The surprise measure was introduced in the Finance Bill 2013 without prior consultation HMRC has published guidance on s176 of…
ByMark Hix’s Bread Pudding Recipe
Mark Hix delves into his extensive archive to provide us with this cracking Bread Pudding This week we have a…
ByDim sum, then dim sum more, at Hakkasan Hanway Place
Last week Food Friday covered small-plate dining and this week we’re getting even more micro Last week Food Friday covered…
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Special delivery: should HNWs invest in Royal Mail stock flotation?
THERE WAS A particular national industry the late Margaret Thatcher never passed over to the private sector, although she did…
ByHMRC’s fancy infographic to frighten tax avoiders and evaders
HMRC, in their on-going effort to combat tax evasion (illegal) and tax avoidance (legal but no longer acceptable), have produced…
ByAirlines and airports offer fed-up flyers a smoother ride
From check-in and security to shopping, lounges and jets, airports and airlines are doing a little blue-skies thinking. Could it…
ByHMRC's fancy infographic to frighten tax avoiders and evaders
HMRC, in their on-going effort to combat tax evasion (illegal) and tax avoidance (legal but no longer acceptable), have produced…
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Is social investment a solution to the housing crisis?
Homelessness in the UK made the headlines again last week, with the latest figures worrying reading. Over 56,000 households were…
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MPs hung up on Vodafone tax escape
‘PUBLIC SPENDING WATCHDOGS claim [Vodafone] has a moral duty to hand over some of its gains to taxpayers’ read the…
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Some houses (and clients) you fall in love with
‘You know, darling, she’s got that quality, she just lifts a room when she walks into it.’ I knew what…
BySpear’s quoted in Daily Mail story about young millionaires
Spear’s editor Josh Spero has been quoted in a Daily Mail story about why Britain’s millionaires are so young, based…
ByWhy avoiding tax isn’t a duty for companies
Last weekend, news broke of a legal opinion which suggested – contrary to what companies say – that there is…
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