The Fair Tax Mark has entered into a partnership with Co-operatives UK, a network of thousands of co-operative businesses. Since it was created in February 2014, the Fair Tax Mark has received huge support from the co-operative sector with two-thirds of our ‘pioneer’ businesses being co-ops (Midcounties Co-operative and The Phone Co-op). The co-operative economy is worth £37 billion to …
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Mark Constantine of Lush talks fair tax from Fair Tax Mark on Vimeo. Why did you apply for the Fair Tax Mark? Lush Ethics Director Hilary Jones says: “At Lush, we believe that we should pay a fair tax in each of the countries in which we operate. Lush wants our customers to have a safe living environment, to have …
Read MoreMark Constantine of Lush talks fair tax from Fair Tax Mark on Vimeo. Lush, the major high street cosmetics chain, today becomes the latest company (and the first multi-national high-street retailer) to be awarded a Fair Tax Mark. The accreditation of Lush, which has over 900 stores in 49 countries around the world, has involved the business publishing a full …
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There is not long to go before the closing date of our competition to give free Fair Tax advice and support to small businesses wanting to gain the Fair Tax Mark. This is a fantastic opportunity for qualifying businesses to show to their customers that they are proud to pay tax and to contribute to society. We have 25 free …
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Tax was a hot topic in 2014, with some important strides being made towards fair taxation, and some shocking revelations that show we still have a lot of work to do. Here’s the Fair Tax Mark round up of the big tax stories from 2014. Luxembourg revealed to be helping multinationals save millions in tax Let’s get (some of) the …
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The wonderful thing about the internet is that things happen quickly. Yesterday morning we found that the post sent out by 38 Degrees had motivated 1700+ people to like and several hundred to comment on the Fair Tax Mark ‘s accreditation of SSE and our ongoing campaign. The many supportive messages as well as the quality and insight displayed by …
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Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee has commented on SSE being awarded the Fair Tax Mark. She said: I welcome SSE’s commitment to being open and honest about its tax affairs. Too often companies hide behind commercial confidentiality to disguise their activities, claiming that transparency about their tax affairs would damage their competitiveness. I don’t buy that, …
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Today marks a huge breakthrough for tax campaigners as SSE plc becomes the first FTSE100 company to be awarded the Fair Tax Mark. With the UK still losing billions each year to corporate tax avoidance, SSE have joined the growing number of Fair Tax companies proving that not all businesses decide to dodge tax, but can instead take a positive …
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The Fair Tax Mark is pleased to announce that its new standard for responsible tax behaviour and reporting is now available for UK-based multinationals. As with the UK version, the Fair Tax Mark for multinationals will encourage company groups to put all their ‘cards on the table’ and go public with a clear and honest explanation of their tax affairs. …
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SSE was the first FTSE100 company to gain the Fair Tax Mark. We talked to their Finance Director Gregor Alexander about the process Why did you apply for the Fair Tax Mark? SSE’s Finance Director, Gregor Alexander says: “Taxes are the way that every member of society makes a contribution to the cost of providing the public …
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