Withers to launch Withers Consulting Group for non-legal services
Withers, the private client law firm, are launching Withers Consulting Group, a new non-legal consultancy offering advice and support to…
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TEFAF: Chinese art market dropped by a quarter in 2012, global market by 7%
“The main reasons for the deceleration in growth were both demand factors and a reduced amount of high quality, high…
ByTips for Prince Charles for Learning Arabic
As someone who has been learning Arabic for fifteen months now, I have some (not wholly helpful) tips for HRH…
ByWill Pope Francis I Make Anti-Poverty One of His Key Issues?
The world’s first non-European pontiff in 1,300 years may make anti-poverty one the key issues of his papacy. This would…
ByThe Best Wines of 1990, Plus Tasting Notes
Ninety Degrees Marlon Abela assesses the wines of 1990, a memorable year the world over Ninety Degrees Marlon Abela assesses…
ByBudget Predictions for 2013
Spear’s has brought together the Budget predictions of leading law firms and accountants, as well as the Spear’s team, which…
ByAllowing Lay People to Select the Next Lord Chief Justice Would be Pointless and Damaging
Reforms to allow lay people to select the most powerful judicial position in England and Wales are misguided and won’t…
ByEnough with these damned questions!
This was not the first question of this nature, it was the eighty-seventh, and we’d jumped through hoops for these…
ByWhy Don’t India’s Rich Do More for Charity?
Philanth-rupee India’s wealthiest citizens may be rising forces in the new world order, but their charitable giving is lagging behind.…
ByLuke Dugdale on His Move from Deutsche Bank to RBC
When Luke Dugdale joined as director in the UK private client wealth management department, it was one of RBC’s most…
ByBudget Predictions: No news is good news
Unless George can produce the ubiquitous (most likely scrawny and headlight-dazzled) rabbit out of his (or anyone else’s) hat, we…
ByPinsent Masons: Non-doms fallen by nearly 20% since levy introduced
Tax expert Jason Collins of Pinsent Masons said that the figures showed that the UK tax system was perceived as…
ByPlease welcome Beppe Grillo and the Grillini
Yes, it’s taken an Italian comedian to wind up the EU: how about taking their Club Med austerity package and…
ByiPown is the next iPhone data-snatching security threat
iPown, a new gadget that looks just like an iPhone dock, automatically extracts data from your Apple devices Wander into…
ByBest of Spear’s last week: Kate Middleton’s uncle, Singapore property, Ametsa – the restaurant with the terrible name
What has been making visitors to spearswms.com click? What has been making visitors to spearswms.com click? Turns out it’s Kate…
ByKate Middleton isn’t the only one with an embarrassing uncle
So Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary is planning to write a book about his life and how he and his sister…
ByOn International Women's Day, Some Inspiring and Some Worrying Pieces from the Spear's Archive
It makes sense for Spear’s to share some of our pieces from the archive featuring inspiring women and covering causes…
ByRestaurant Openings and Foodie Events in March and April
Here are a few things that I want to go to and recommend you do too It has been a…
BySitwell Scoffs: Ametsa with Arzak Instruction, Jugged Hare
Every dish ’ beautiful-looking plates of decorative food – all have merged into one in my mind. Very little stood…
ByGuest Recipe: Tom Sellers’ Scallop, Cucumber and Dill Ash
Having worked at Noma and with Tom Aikens, Sellers is now opening his own restaurant, Story, in early April This…
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