Giver and the Gift: John Timpson and After Adoption
Please See Attached Shoe-repair tycoon John Timpson and After Adoption’s Lynn Charlton tell Sophie McBain about the shared values that…
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Philanthropy 50 and Lifetime Legacies
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ByFinding ‘Inevitable Growth’ In Stagnant Europe
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ByHilary Weston and Iwona Blazwick of the Whitechapel Gallery on philanthropy
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ByUK signs double taxation agreement with Liechtenstein, extends Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility
The UK Government’s groundbreaking tax agreement with Liechtenstein – the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) – which has ensured the UK…
ByThe Hedgehog Issue 24
Classic Car Tours, Africa tours, Spear’s bi-monthly tour de force, it’s Hedgehog. Cloudy It’s an irony that the Cloud, the…
ByCPRE and the Early Environmentalists
More Rad than Trad The Council for the Preservation of Rural England has a quaint ring to it, but in…
ByFinding 'Inevitable Growth' In Stagnant Europe
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ByWBrief: UBS wealth management inflows, profits up in 2011
UBS’ wealth management businesses collectively logged SFr5 billion (around $5.4 billion) in inflows over the final quarter of the year,…
ByKnight Frank: Prime Central London and City prices both up
Liam Bailey, Knight Frank’s head of residential research, comments: “The strength of London’s luxury sector, against a backdrop of economic…
ByDavos Man Is As Nervous As The Rest Of Us
The wives of Duke Bluebeard wanted to see what was behind every door, just like Davos Man. So how, asks…
ByHong Kong Airlines to launch all Club Class flights
Hong Kong Airlines has taken delivery of its first all Club Class Airbus A330-200 passenger aircraft ahead of the launch…
ByAppeal denied in Terry Marley case of mis-signed wills
A man disinherited because his adoptive parents signed each other’s wills in error will not be able to receive any…
By1 Per Cent Campaign: London Library
If literary creation has a sound, it is silence, with only the soft, rhythmic disruption of a page being turned…
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Big Issue vendors are ubiquitous in London — you might walk past half a dozen in an average day. What’s…
By1 Per Cent Campaign: Impetus
Set up by Stephen Dawson and Nat Sloane in 2002, venture philanthropy organisation Impetus is driven by a clear vision:…
By1 Per Cent Campaign: Durand Academy
Stockwell is one of the most deprived areas of London, so it’s not somewhere you readily associate with educational excellence…
ByAlan and Gina Miller launch campaign for fairer fees
Alan and Gina Miller, the husband and wife co-founders of SCM Private, today launched a campaign to bring full transparency…
ByThe Davos Jamboree Solves Nothing
In EU terms, it was just another failed euro-summit in all but name. As jamborees go, it’s pretty up-market is…
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