Best of Spear’s Last Week: 18th February 2013
Spear’s had one of our best weeks ever on the website last week. If you want to know why, you…
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Withers Comments on Labour’s 10p Tax Rate and Mansion Tax Plan
The Labour party has announced that it would seek to reintroduce the 10p rate of income tax, funding this through…
ByThermomix and the Kitchen Cabinet Graveyard
The back of Andrew Kojima’s kitchen cabinets are a graveyard for unused kitchen equipment. Unlike his grape peeler, his thermomix…
BySitwell Scoffs: Racine, Langan's, Granger & Co, Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley…And More
William Sitwell has given up meat for Lent, but that doesn’t stop him scoffing. He visits Racine for his final…
ByReview: Wabi, Holborn
Don’t be put off by the slightly dubious entrance, this is competent Japanese cooking displaying moments of brilliance. Wabi has…
ByAs HMRC Investigates Montpelier Accountants, Beware Fraudulent Tax Avoidance Schemes
YOU WILL HAVE heard in the news that HMRC are investigating Montpelier Accountants for promoting a marketed tax avoidance scheme…
ByHow Colin Mantripp of Lillyfee is Keeping the Craft of Woodcarving Alive
Shall I Carve? In an era sadly lacking in skilled craftsmen, Colin Mantripp is a polished masterpiece. Christopher Silvester meets…
ByDon’t Underestimate the Importance of Emerging Market Investors
A Developing Story Investors from developed countries no longer have it all their own way in emerging markets the pupils…
ByFrancois Pinault on Luxury, Art and the Future of Europe
From Rags to Richesse Alain Elkann meets François Pinault, a humble country boy who now bestrides the world of luxury…
ByWhen it Comes to Legal Privilege, It's Not What You Say, It's Who You Say it To
Clients beware. Only lawyers, and not accountants, have legal privilege when it comes to your tax advice. My mother’s definition…
ByFrancois Pinault: The Big Danger Facing us Today is the ‘Return of Populism’
‘The big danger is the return of populism. The system is tired, even if democracy is still the best system,’…
ByIan Marsh, Head of Asset Management at FF&P, on What UHNW Clients Need Today
In 2012 Ian Marsh, former CEO of Credit Suisse UK’s Private Bank, joined multi-family office FF&P. What does this move…
ByThings May be Looking Up for London Property, But It's Still a Buyer's Market
Despite plenty of positive economic signs, estate agents are finding it hard to close deals. THE MOOD IS positive; the…
ByWith millions at stake, who is competent to make a will?
There is nothing quite like a family fall-out to attract the press, particularly when the cause of the dispute is…
ByThe Dictator’s Legacy: Selling Off the Family Business
GENETIC MODIFICATIONS Businesses often owe their success to family togetherness, but that same connection can also be the ultimate cause…
ByThe Pope Has Resigned. What About The Succession?
SPEAR’S HAS A lot of experience when it comes to family businesses and succession, so naturally I wasn’t surprised when…
ByRating the Latin in the Pope's Resignation Letter
Vale, we say to him in Latin, the language which the Curia is single-handedly refreshing, or at least torturing by…
ByHas Shropshire Defeated Its Windfarm Menace?
Tilting at Windmills With the upgrading of his historic house to Grade I-listing, William Cash hopes he has finally defeated…
BySpear’s Monday Catch-Up: Best of the Weekend’s Papers
We’ve trawled through the weekend papers and picked out the best bits so you don’t have to We’ve trawled through…
ByBureaucreep Keeps Britain Spending
This disease, which we shall call Endlessly-Advancing Bureaucreep (EAB), is the very cause of the euro-crisis The UK government’s annual…
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