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Accreditation Manager

We’re on the hunt for a Fair Tax Mark Accreditation Manager to assess and advise our rapidly growing portfolio of business clients   Application process: CV and covering letter to be submitted by Friday, 22nd March, via [email protected] Should demonstrate how applicants’ skills and experience make them suitable for the role and link back to the responsibilities and personal specifications …

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Richer Sounds store

Richer Sounds takes pride in tax transparency record

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

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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The rise of responsible tax leadership

The following interview with our Chief Executive, Paul Monaghan, was recently published by – who will launch a Blueprint on Tax Transparency and Responsibility in March 2019. It explores the emerging trends around responsible tax conduct, and it is reproduced here with their kind permission.   What are the best enablers to get more companies to become responsible tax payers? At the …

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FTSE-listed Pennon Group plc becomes first water services and waste management utility to secure Fair Tax Mark

  Pennon Group plc, the parent company of South West Water, Pennon Water Services and Viridor, has became the first water services and waste management utility to secure the Fair Tax Mark. The Group is one of Britain’s largest environmental infrastructure groups. It is listed at the top end of the FTSE 250, and has a workforce of 5,000 people …

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Digital identity company Yoti awarded Fair Tax Mark accreditation

London-based technology company Yoti have become an accredited Fair Tax Mark business, following their successful review against the Fair Tax Mark criteria. Founded in 2014, Yoti is on a mission to become the world’s trusted identity platform. The free Yoti app transforms paper ID documents into a secure digital identity, giving individuals an easier and more secure way to prove …

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Leeds Building Society sets the standard with Fair Tax Mark accreditation

Leeds Building Society has become the first national high-street financial institution certified as an accredited Fair Tax Mark business, having been successfully assessed against the Fair Tax Mark criteria. Leeds Building Society is the fifth largest building society in the UK and has 55 branches in the UK and Gibraltar. The Society joins a growing list of organisations that have …

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SSE awarded fifth Fair Tax Mark

SSE has been reaccredited with the prestigious Fair Tax Mark for the fifth year in a row – demonstrating its transparency and commitment to play fair on tax. It remains the only FSTE100 company to have been accredited by the world’s first independent body scrutinising firms’ approach to tax. Today SSE has also published its Talking Tax Booklet which gives …

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Parliamentarian shares vision for a fair tax society

The Fair Tax Mark is delighted to work with, and have the support of, politicians of many different political persuasions. We recently partnered with Church Action for Tax Justice and other faith groups to help organise an event in Birmingham at which Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell was the keynote speaker. Andrew Mitchell MP, Vice Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on …

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Reaction to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell announcement

In today’s speech to the Labour Party Conference, John McDonnell said: “We can’t trust the Tories on this, but we shouldn’t just wait until we get into government. We should act now. “One way is to mobilize shareholder power to demand companies uphold basic tax justice standards. Numerous institutions from churches to trade unions and pensions funds have large scale …

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