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United Utilities gains Fair Tax Mark as part of their commitment to responsible business

July 26, 2019 | |

Warrington-based United Utilities, the UK’s largest listed water company, has been certified as an accredited Fair Tax Mark business, following their successful assessment against the Fair Tax Mark criteria. United Utilities is the North West’s water company, providing water and wastewater services to 3 million homes and 200,000 businesses across the region. They join a growing list of organisations that …

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Q&A with Luke Wellock, Leeds Building Society

July 25, 2019 | |

Leeds Building Society became the first national high street financial institution to receive the Fair Tax Mark in December 2018, and was reaccredited in July 2019. We took the opportunity to speak to Luke Wellock, Corporate Responsibility Manager at Leeds Building Society, and asked him about their experience of the accreditation process, why the Society applied for the Fair Tax …

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Oxford is the first place to adopt the Councils for Fair Tax declaration

Launch of ”Councils for Fair Tax Declaration”, with Oxford City first to sign

July 11, 2019 | |

The Fair Tax Mark has announced that Oxford City Council is the first to sign up to its Councils for Fair Tax Declaration, which was launched today. The Declaration commits cities, towns and districts to pursuing exemplary tax conduct in their affairs, requires greater transparency from suppliers and calls on the EU and UK Governments to review legislation and support …

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Trust in HMRC on the increase, but record levels of concern on businesses tax behaviour

July 4, 2019 | |

Over three-quarters of the public would rather shop with or work for a business that can prove it is paying its fair share of tax HMRC and the Fair Tax Mark heavily favoured as trusted verifiers of good tax conduct, with “company auditors” trusted by small minority of the public New polling conducted by ICM has shown record levels of …

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Lush store in Liverpool

High Street retailer Lush demonstrates commitment to tax transparency

May 3, 2019 | |

The Fair Tax Mark is pleased to announce that Lush has been recertified as a Fair Tax Mark business for a fifth successive year. Hilary Jones, Ethics Director, Lush said: “As a company we feel that we should contribute back to the societies from which we trade by being a good employer, by trading fairly with our suppliers and by paying …

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Affinity Water

Affinity Water becomes the 50th company to secure Fair Tax Mark accreditation

March 8, 2019 | |

Affinity Water, the UK’s largest water-only supplier, has today secured Fair Tax Mark accreditation, following its successful assessment against the Fair Tax Mark criteria. Affinity Water provides on average 900 million litres of water each day to a population of more than 3.6 million people in North West London and the Home Counties – serving Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, …

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VME Retail accredited as Fair Tax Mark business

March 7, 2019 | |

*PLEASE NOTE: VME Retail Systems Ltd is now VME Coop* VME Retail Systems Ltd, who provide a high quality epos system (IntelliStore) to convenience stores and supermarkets throughout the UK, has today been certified as an accredited Fair Tax Mark business. VME Retail focus on grocery epos, including forecourts, making them a well-known specialist in this particular area, writing and …

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Fair Tax Week 2019 launched

February 19, 2019 | |

We are pleased to announce that Fair Tax Week in 2019 will run from the 6–14 July 2019, incorporating Tax Justice Sunday on the 7 July. Fair Tax Week 2019 will be co-sponsored by SSE plc and Pennon Group plc. Fair Tax Week is a UK-wide celebration of the companies and organisations that are proud to pay their fair share of corporation …

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Richer Sounds store

Richer Sounds takes pride in tax transparency record

February 8, 2019 | |

The Fair Tax Mark is pleased to announce that Richer Sounds has been recertified as a Fair Tax Mark business for a third successive year. The Fair Tax Mark scheme accredits businesses and organisations across the UK committed to paying the right amount of corporation tax at the right time and in the right place. Organisations achieving the Fair Tax …

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Gary Honey, M&M Underwriting

M&M Underwriting launch 2019 with Fair Tax Mark accreditation

January 18, 2019 | |

Insurance underwriter M&M Underwriting has become an accredited Fair Tax Mark business, following its successful review against the Fair Tax Mark criteria. M&M Underwriting was established in 2008 to offer specialist & bespoke commercial liability insurance protection for UK-based manufacturers, research & development organisations and university spin-offs, typically those supplying advanced engineering solutions for the automotive, aviation, marine, defence or …

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