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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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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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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With their iconic Oxford Street shopping district blighted by ‘dodgy’ American-style candy stores that had evaded around £9mn of local business rate taxes, in 2022 Westminster City Council launched a ground-breaking anti-dirty money and fair tax charter. Almost two years on, the authority’s efforts are beginning to turn the tide and see legitimate business come to the fore: candy stores …
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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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Fair Tax Leaders features senior professionals from across the Fair Tax Mark accredited business community. Here Martin McEwen, SSE's Head of Tax, sets out how tax responsibility has evolved to be a crucial board-level topic as stakeholder scrutiny rises. SSE are a leading generator of renewable electricity in the UK and Ireland and are one of the largest electricity network …
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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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Fair Tax Leaders features senior professionals from across the Fair Tax Mark accredited business community. Here Sarah Filbee, head of tax at Jupiter Asset Management, talks about changing attitudes towards responsible tax and how a summer internship led her to where she is today. In 2022 Jupiter became the first global fund manager to secure the Fair Tax Mark, publishing …
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Asset manager engagement on responsible tax conduct is well and truly on the rise, with firms extending their programmes, digging deeper and filing shareholder resolutions. The importance of tax as an issue for ESG investors cannot be overstated. Vanderbilt Law Review recently dedicated a whole paper to it, The Missing “T” in ESG, which spells out the paradox of low …
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In this new 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. First up is the UK cleaning sector, where Clean For Good Managing Director Charlie Walker discusses the benefits of tax transparency in a sector often known for poor working conditions. …
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