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Tax Responsibility and Transparency Index has a new website!

September 16, 2024 | |

The Tax Responsibility and Transparency Index has a brand-new website, allowing multinational companies even better access to this pioneering benchmarking tool. The Index, which was announced at the European Parliament in April 2024, enables businesses to benchmark themselves against high-bar, civil society frameworks, pending legislation and pioneering companies broken down by country or sector. This leadership pool is anonymised but participating …

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Barrow Cadbury Trust boost Fair Tax Foundation community share offer by £100,000

September 11, 2024 | | Tags:

We are delighted to have received £100,000 investment from charitable foundation the Barrow Cadbury Trust, taking our community share offer more than 25% of the way to our target. On 2 September 2024, we launched a community share offer on social investment platform Ethex looking to raise £450,000 to expand our operations and bring five times as many businesses into …

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Sector special: Fair tax helps building societies meet ‘higher expectations’ of social responsibility

September 10, 2024 | | Tags:

In this series for the Fair Tax Foundation, our accredited organisations tell us how the Fair Tax Mark has helped open opportunities or overcome challenges specific to their sector. Here, Coventry Building Society Senior Manager Finance Ops & Controls Claire Newton and Ecology Building Society CEO Gareth Griffiths discuss the responsibility to members inherent to building societies. Events such as the 2008 financial crisis, …

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Mercat Tours International lead the way with Fair Tax Mark accreditation

September 4, 2024 | |

Scotland-based Mercat Tours International have been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, joining progressive businesses across the UK and Europe accredited to the gold standard of responsible tax conduct. For more than two decades, Mercat Tours International have offered tour packages to some of the key sites of 20th century European history. Through World War I and World War II tours …

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Mercat Tours walk the talk with Fair Tax Mark accreditation

September 4, 2024 | |

Mercat Tours have been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, joining progressive businesses across the UK and Europe accredited to the gold standard of responsible tax conduct. Founded in 1985 by a group of history teachers, Mercat Tours offer history walks, ghost tours and private tours across Edinburgh and Scotland. Providing visitors with “a warm welcome and a damn good story”, …

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EMW STax champion tax transparency with first Fair Tax Mark

August 22, 2024 | |

UK property and capital allowance consultancy EMW STax have been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, demonstrating their commitment to responsible tax practices. Established in 2011, EMW STax bring together more than 60 years of knowledge and experience in property tax and accounting in order to serve a range of clients. They are part of a group of companies, the parent …

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Lendology’s Anna Osborne: External accreditation means we can be trusted

August 15, 2024 | | Tags:

Fair Tax Leaders features senior professionals from across the Fair Tax Mark accredited business community. Here, Lendology Commercial and Finance Director Anna Osborne discusses the growing importance of fair tax in procurement and ESG reporting, and her career journey to date. Lendology are a not-for-profit community interest company working with local authorities across the South West of the UK to …

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Three ways to talk about responsible tax in your sustainability report 

August 13, 2024 | |

Last year we noted how the inclusion of responsible tax in businesses’ sustainability, ESG and impact reports was improving but still left much to be desired.  So, here’s three ways our Fair Tax Mark accredited businesses are talking about tax in their sustainability reports – we hope you’ll be inspired to explore it in yours.   1. As a key component …

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Sector special: Building sustainable communities through fair tax

July 23, 2024 | | Tags:

In this series for the Fair Tax Foundation, our accredited organisations tell us how the Fair Tax Mark has helped open opportunities or overcome challenges specific to their sector. Here, Gleeson CFO Stefan Allanson and Marshalls Head of ESG Reporting Jo Holmes, share joined-up thinking on sustainability in building and construction. The UK’s building sector is vital to a thriving …

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Sector special: Fair Tax Mark meets co-operative member motives 

June 26, 2024 | | Tags:

In this series for the Fair Tax Foundation, our accredited organisations tell us how the Fair Tax Mark has helped open opportunities or overcome challenges specific to their sector. Here, Suma’s Andy Hunter-Rossall, Scotmid’s Craig Strachan, Ethical Consumer’s Rob Harrison and Unicorn Grocery’s Debbie Clarke explore co-operatives.  Owned by their members to meet their shared needs, co-operatives are built around values …

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