by Alex Dunnagan | Apr 1, 2020
Gambling is big business. The boss of bet365, Denise Coates, has been in the press recently for paying herself the staggering amount of £323m (£277m in salary plus £46m in dividends) last year, the equivalent of £1.3m per working day. £235bn in bets have been wagered...
by George Turner | Mar 27, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak will not be easy for anyone – but there is no doubt that some industries and businesses are set to do well from the widespread social changes that the crisis demands. One of those industries is our supermarkets. No one can deny that...
by Alex Dunnagan | Mar 25, 2020
In an interview last week with the Italian daily “La Repubblica”, Pope Francis held tax dodgers partially responsible for the struggle Italian health services are now going through in trying to deal with covid.1 The coronavirus has hit Italy the hardest, with close to...
by Alex Dunnagan | Mar 20, 2020
A debate was held in the House of Commons yesterday on the Government Response to the Sir Amyas Morse Review of the Loan Charge. Ahead of this we published an explainer on what disguised remuneration is here, and a more detailed briefing here. David Davis, Ruth...
by George Turner | Mar 19, 2020
19 March 2020 – George Turner This page provides some basic information on disguised remuneration schemes and the Loan Charge. You can download our full briefing on these issues here What is disguised remuneration? Disguised remuneration schemes are a form of...
by George Turner | Mar 10, 2020
The new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has had a busy month. Thrust into the hot seat as the government prepared to present its first budget since October 2018, one of the first items to hit his desk, a global pandemic. Although the world’s attention is rightly focused on...