SCION OF TORY DYNASTY JOINS SANTANDER UK April 4, 2011 SANTANDER UK has brought in a new head of retail, Charlotte Hogg (above), to replace Alison Brittain, who was poached by her former boss Antonio Horta-Osorio, now chief executive of Lloyds. Hogg, the daughter of the former Tory minister Douglas Hogg and granddaughter of former lord chancellor Lord Hailsham, comes to Santander from Experian where [...]
Leaving a legacy doesn’t just have to be a metaphor November 3, 2011 YOU can give without suffering. That is the heart of the launch of my new Legacy10 campaign. The donor will not feel the pain while they’re alive, even if their children might be a little worse off, but the charities that benefit from our generosity can be exponentially better off. The reality is that we [...]
CONFERENCE WHISPERS October 3, 2011 Boris for Tory leader? If his conference schedule is anything to go by, the Mayor certainly fancies his chances. Before his speech this morning, he met workers at a factory in Manchester, ostensibly because the plant makes axles for London buses. But it is almost unheard of for a Mayor of London to visit to [...]
Greece: bad news whatever happens June 20, 2011 IT was cruel but brutally effective. In 1487, John Morton, the Lord Chancellor, devised a new way of collecting taxes. If he spotted somebody who was living in luxury, he assumed he had enough wealth to spare some for his King, Henry VII, and hit him with higher taxes. If he encountered somebody living modestly, [...]
George Osborne has to hold his nerve – the UK economy needs vision, not populism November 21, 2011 EVERY day the pressure grows for the government to do something about growth. Usually this translates into calls for more borrowing and spending, special rules for struggling businesses, or other eye-catching initiatives. The government should resist. Recent history has taught us such quick wins often end up being own goals. They make the business environment [...]
George Osborne has to hold his nerve – the UK economy needs vision, not populism November 21, 2011 EVERY day the pressure grows for the government to do something about growth. Usually this translates into calls for more borrowing and spending, special rules for struggling businesses, or other eye-catching initiatives. The government should resist. Recent history has taught us such quick wins often end up being own goals. They make the business environment [...]
The City of London needs a Europe strategy that does not lead to it being sidelined December 18, 2011 FEAR is stalking parts of the city that Brussels is determined to undermine its competitiveness. But ask any senior banker or businessman what particular measure it is that Britain needs saving from, they draw a blank. The implementation of a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) in the EU alone, and not on a global level, would [...]
OSBORNE UNVEILS ARTS TAX BREAK November 3, 2011 TO TATE Britain for the launch of Legacy10, the scheme cooked up by culture minister Jeremy Hunt and RLM Finsbury chairman Roland Rudd to encourage the nation to leave 10 per cent of their wealth to charities and cultural causes when they die. Backers of the scheme, which takes advantage of a Budget change from [...]
OSBORNE UNVEILS ARTS TAX BREAK November 3, 2011 TO TATE Britain for the launch of Legacy10, the scheme cooked up by culture minister Jeremy Hunt and RLM Finsbury chairman Roland Rudd to encourage the nation to leave 10 per cent of their wealth to charities and cultural causes when they die. Backers of the scheme, which takes advantage of a Budget change from [...]
Chancellor Osborne: I am not for turning September 6, 2011 CHANCELLOR George Osborne came out fighting during questioning in parliament yesterday, insisting that he will continue with plans to cut the UK government’s annual deficit. Osborne also rejected calls from Labour’s Ed Balls for another tax on financial sector bonuses — and was quick to make fun of the back-stabbing suffered by Balls at the [...]