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 and assets of £6 billion. The Fair Tax Mark is an independent certification scheme, which recognises organisations that demonstrate they are paying the right amount of corporation tax in the right place, at the right time. Factors contributing to Pennon’s certification…

London-based technology company Yoti has become an accredited Fair Tax Mark business, following its 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 who they are, online and in person. For businesses, Yot’s global identity platform gives them a simple and secure way to verify the age and identity of their customers. The Fair Tax Mark is an independent certification scheme, which recognises…

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 achieved the Fair Tax Mark, putting it alongside SSE, AMT Coffee, The Co-op, Richer Sounds, Timpson Group and Lush. The Society has also published a new Tax Strategy, which recognises that tax pays for vital public services and details its…

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 Responsible Tax, joined Church Action on Tax Justice, in Birmingham to discuss and debate why a fair tax society would be a better society for everyone. The event was organised together with the Quaker Peace Committee, Christian Aid, Jubilee Debt…

Earl Shilton Building Society has announced that it joins a growing list of organisations that have achieved the Fair Tax Mark, putting them alongside AMT Coffee, The Co-op, Richer Sounds, Timpson and Unicorn Grocery. Earl Shilton was founded over 160 years ago – members paid their first subscriptions on 3rd January 1857. It aims to provide simple to understand financial service products to meet members’ needs. Neil Adams, Finance Director of Earl Shilton Building Society, said: “Earl Shilton Building Society has always paid its fair share of tax and considers that taxation in all its forms is an important contribution to…

Convivio, a digital strategy team specialising in work for public services, have announced that they are joining a growing list of organisations that have achieved the Fair Tax Mark, putting them alongside AMT Coffee, the Co-op, Richer Sounds, Timpson and SSE. Public Service Day celebrates the value and virtue of public service to the community, and this year falls within Fair Tax Fortnight, which celebrates those companies which pay the right amount of tax, at the right time, in the right place. Sam Al-Hamdani, communications manager of the Fair Tax Mark said: “We have long held that it is important…