See inside the ’5.25m One Hyde Park flat which has been repossessed
When you hear a house has been repossessed, London’s most expensive luxury development isn’t the first place you’d think of…
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Antarctica: A rough old passage to the coolest place on the planet
You can have a whale of a time en route to Antarctica. The penguins are great, but it’s the ice…
ByLooking up for the Northern Lights in Finland’s wintry wonderland
In the white Finnish wilderness, somewhere below the Arctic Circle, the fabled Northern Lights tempt travellers In the white Finnish…
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Johan Eliasch on why he’s saving millions of acres of rainforest
Johan Eliasch, chairman and CEO of sporting-goods group Head, founded Cool Earth to work with local communities to protect forests…
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The seven traits of a successful family business
Dozens of books and papers have been written to help family businesses survive through generations, but do consultants’ and academics’…
ByWatch: Why we can’t stop telling stories
In this week’s Monday Minute, Josh Spero talks about the Spear’s Book Awards and why we can’t stop telling stories…
ByBest of Spear’s: Butlers today, mansion tax tomorrow
The five most read articles on Spear’s last week: Butlers today, mansion tax tomorrow The five most read articles on…
ByAt the Centre of the Fringe: Melinda Hughes' Edinburgh Diary
How many other Fringe performers are buying M&S food, contemplating a Gucci belt and drinking cocktails at up-market hotels? How…
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Review: Prom 69 Beethoven, Bruckner/Oslo Philharmonic; Prom 74 Bach, Bruckner/Vienna Philharmonic; Last Night of the Proms/BBCSO
I’m so lucky to live in this city, with its wealth of music and art at my fingertips In the…
ByBBC: G20 to take action against tax-avoiding multinationals
The group formally backed plans to tackle international tax avoidance and evasion at its meeting in July Leaders of the…
BySTEP: Swiss banks apologise for helping tax evasion
The industry’s chief spokesperson, Swiss Bankers Association President Patrick Odier, admitted at a news conference this week that the policy…
BySigned something you’ve later regretted? All is not lost in law
‘One of the strengths of English law is that there are cases where the court will look past the strict…
ByAt the Sharp End: Balthazar Fabricius
The founder of bespoke gambling firm Fitzdares faces the Spear’s inquisition What would your other career be? I initially loved…
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Back to business as unusual
And so we’re back: la rentrée is in full flow, computers are whirring, distracting apps on our devices are deactivated,…
ByBloomberg: Germans bringing home Swiss stashed cash in diapers and other unusual ways
‘We had a 72-year-old man wearing a woman’s corset with 150,000 euros stuffed inside,’ said Markus Ueckert, a spokesman for…
ByWhy a property renovation tax relief is coming under threat
Business Property Renovation Allowance shares a number of similarities with Enterprise Zone reliefs and has been utilised by a number…
ByLaw firms that want growth should look to private-client work
A study found that out of the UK’s ten fastest-growing firms in terms of revenues, five offered traditional private client…
ByCan juries really no longer be trusted on complex cases?
Since the humiliation of the bungling jurors in the Vicky Pryce case, juries have taken quite a hammering. Are Joe…
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Reuters: France adds Jersey, Bermuda and BVI to tax haven blacklist
PARIS, Aug 29 (Reuters) – France has added Jersey, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands to its list of uncooperative…
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Gareth Bale’s €100-million transfer shows the free market is working
There are two possible reactions to the news of Gareth Bale’s transfer from Tottenham to Real Madrid for £86 million…
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