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WPP will come home, Sorrell says after foreign profits move

23.03.11
WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell confirms that he plans to move his advertising giant's tax domicile back from Dublin to London after the Budget... more

City Spy: Is a runway plan stopping fairways?

02.03.11
What's going on at Gatwick airport? A year ago, the chairman of owner GAL, Sir David Rowlands, stated publicly that the company had "not a shred of interest in a second runway"... more

UBM sells Publican for £1.7m

01.03.11
Pubs are feeling the squeeze from supermarkets selling cheap booze and now The Publican, their trade magazine, has been grabbed by the retailers' favourite, The Grocer... more

United Business Media pays £185m for US exhibitions firm Canon Communications

16.09.10
Publisher and trade show organiser United Business Media splashes out £185 million to buy US counterpart Canon Communications... more

City Spy: Businesses tipped to come a cropper

24.12.09
AMID all the contradictory forecasts for recovery or double-dip recession in 2010, what do the insolvency practitioners say? ... more

UK warning as Obama cracks down on tax havens

05.05.09
A crackdown by Barack Obama on offshore tax avoidance by US firms could lead to more draconian rules in the UK ... more

Informa in tax move to Switzerland

01.05.09
Lloyd's List publisher-to-global exhibitions promoter Informa is moving its tax base from London to Zug in Switzerland after the changes in last week's British Budget ... more

UBM to shed 350 in bid to improve bottom line

12.12.08
United Business Media is to cut 350 jobs as part of an effort to improve profitability... more

Commentary: Why pay through the nose to stay?

08.09.08
As Gordon Brown takes his entire cabinet to Birmingham to show the Government is connecting with the majority of the electorate, businesses are voting with their feet... more

Only one left in the bid race for Informa

04.09.08
Informa, the business publishing group, is left with just one potential takeover bid on the table as one private equity firm walked away and three others joined forces... more

Regus joins the rush of companies to quit UK

29.08.08
Temporary-offices giant Regus says it is moving its headquarters to Luxembourg... more

Some media shares don't belong on the stock market

20.08.08
It is easy to see ITV's problems as a microcosm of the whole media sector, says Gideon Spanier... more

Oval sponsor Brit mulls tax move abroad

18.08.08
Brit insurance, sponsor of the Oval cricket ground, is the latest UK company to look at moving its headquarters from the UK to a more favourable tax regime... more

Alistair Darling calls in City chiefs to avoid tax row exodus

19.05.08
The Chancellor is to bring senior executives from Britain's leading multinationals "into the tent" in a bid to stave off an exodus abroad of major companies over a tax row... more

Watch your step with big business, Gordon

19.05.08
Prepare for another Government U-turn. Having tried various ruses to boost revenue, Gordon Brown has been forced to think again... more

Is it too late to stop this City exodus?

13.05.08
Gordon Brown might be considering last-minute changes to corporation tax but some heavyweight businesses are already making plans to leave... more

Why the HBOS bosses have little to smile about

01.05.08
From chairman Lord Stevenson and chief executive Andy Hornby downwards, the HBOS directors deserve sore heads. They should be ashamed of themselves... more

WPP may quit UK to cut its tax

29.04.08
Sir Martin Sorrell is considering shifting his company offshore to escape Britain's increasingly complex corporate tax structure... more

UBM joins the exodus from UK

28.04.08
Property Week publisher and PR Newswire owner United Business Media is the latest major British company to move its tax base to Ireland, where it expects to pay a lower tax bill.... more


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