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UK passes tough new transparency law for oil, gas and mining companies
December 1st, 2014
A historic law came into force in the UK today that will help fight poverty and corruption in resource-rich but poor countries said Global Witness, which has been campaigning for such measures for over 16 years. The new rules ...
UK’s first Shari’ah-compliant Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)
November 28th, 2014
IFAAS, the international Islamic finance consultancy and Portillion Capital have launched the UK’s first Shariah compliant Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme fund. The Portillion Capital Shariah Compliant SEIS Fund (SEIS Fund) is available to investors immediately; however, the first tranche ...
3 Of The 10 Largest Economies In The World Have Already Fallen Into Recession – Is The U.S. Next?
November 19th, 2014
Are you waiting for the next major wave of the global economic collapse to strike? Well, you might want to start paying attention again. Three of the ten largest economies on the planet have already fallen into recession, and ...
G-20 Plans $2 Trillion Growth Boost to Uneven Global Economy
November 17th, 2014
Group of 20 leaders agreed to take measures that would boost their economies by a collective $2 trillion by 2018 as they battle patchy growth and the threat of a European recession. Citing risks from financial markets and geopolitical ...
MPs urged to back readoption of European arrest warrant
November 6th, 2014
Britain risks becoming a haven for fugitives if MPs fail to endorse the country’s participation in the European arrest warrant (EAW) in a forthcoming parliamentary vote, leading legal, law enforcement and academic figures have warned. The EAW is one ...
Merkel Toughens Position on Britain’s E.U. Demands
November 4th, 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, under mounting pressure from anti-European populists, continued to insist on new measures limiting the right of Europeans to live and work there. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has indicated that she is prepared ...
Accountants Discuss Scottish Tax Powers
October 24th, 2014
The Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) has said that the issues involved in devolving further tax powers to Scotland are wide ranging and complex. In a report prepared ahead of the first meeting of the Smith Commission on ...
EU leaders agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030
October 24th, 2014
European leaders have struck a broad climate change pact obliging the EU as a whole to cut greenhouse gases by at least 40% by 2030. But key aspects of the deal that will form a bargaining position for global ...
Britain ordered to pay extra €2.1bn to its 2014 EU budget
October 24th, 2014
Britain has been told by the EU that it must add an extra €2.1bn to its 2014 EU budget, as compensation for its strong economic performance. It has been told by the European commission that it must make the ...
Britain Urged to Step Back in Feud With E.U.
October 21st, 2014
José Manuel Barroso, the departing president of the European Commission, said Britain’s confrontational stance with European Union states is hurting its chances of winning the policy changes it wants. The departing president of the European Commission warned Britain on ...
