Thursday 29 January 2015

Fair Tax Mark article in The Times

There is an excellent piece in The Times today by Patrick Hosking entitled: The corporate tax system is open to abuse but measures are afoot to plug loopholes.

As well as mentioning all the usual topics such as Google, Starbucks, Amazon, Ireland, Luxembourg, OECD, G20, Bermuda etc, it sets out some of the key benefits of Fair Tax Mark accreditation, both from a consumer and business perspective.

Tuesday 20 January 2015

On Monday 5 January 2015, The Crowd hosted another successful event, this time entitled The CFO’s Dilemma. The key theme was the potential dilemma facing CFOs as to whether short term pressures can be balanced with long term sustainable value. Whether the investment in sustainable development (“SD”), with returns which are long term, and sometimes difficult to quantify, is consistent with a fiduciary duty to shareholders to create value.