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New Team Member Appointed

The board of the the Fair Tax Mark are delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Livings as the latest member of the Fair Tax team. Richard joins as project manager and will be coordinating the growth of the organisation as increasing numbers of consumers and businesses seek a positive way of addressing the growing public concern regarding taxation issues. …

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Fair Tax Mark Multinational Criteria Open Consultation

Phase two of the Fair Tax Mark is here. The 26th of June sees the unveiling of our draft assessment criteria for multinational companies.The draft document, available for download here, will form the basis of our approach to how we accredit as Fair Tax larger companies that are based in the UK and have operations abroad. The Fair Tax Mark …

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Co-operative Energy challenges the Big Six to get Fair Tax accredited

Co-operative Energy has called on the UK’s Big Six energy suppliers to follow their lead and become Fair Tax accredited. Co-operative Energy, part of Midcounties Co-operative and the first energy company in the UK to have been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, said that the energy industry needed to reform after last year’s controversy surrounding the low rates of corporation …

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Unity Trust challenges big banks to follow its example on tax

Fair Tax Mark pioneer Unity Trust Bank has challenged the UK’s big banks to join the conversation about responsible tax.

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Caroline Lucas MP leads debate on the Fair Tax Mark

On Tuesday 18th of March, Caroline Lucas MP led a debate in the Commons on the topic of the Fair Tax Mark, reports Joanna Long. Ms Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, read a prepared statement on the Fair Tax Mark and wider issues of corporate tax avoidance. She then had the opportunity to put a range of questions …

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David Gauke, Treasury Minister, welcomes Fair Tax Mark

David Gauke welcomes the Fair Tax Mark as a valuable contribution to the debate about tax transparency Treasury Minister David Gauke yesterday said the government approved of the principles behind the Fair Tax Mark and suggested it could be a ‘valuable contribution to the debate’ about corporate tax avoidance and greater transparency. The Minister’s remarks came during an adjournment debate …

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MPs debate Fair Tax Mark

Image: Catherine Bebbington/Parliamentary Copyright Commons to debate Fair Tax Mark Less than a month old and the Fair Tax Mark is already attracting a good deal of attention in parliament. A debate on the Fair Tax Mark is being held in the Westminster Hall at 11am this morning. Proposed by Caroline Lucas MP, the half-hour adjournment debate will see MPs …

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We don’t judge; we build bridges

The Fair Tax Mark’s Meesha Nehru on what the Fair Tax Mark is really about What we do is build trust between businesses and consumers through improved communication and accountability. Our role is to help companies provide enough information to explain their tax arrangements clearly so that anyone can understand them and make informed decisions based on what they’ve read. …

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Small start, big impact

There are a number of parallels between the Fair Tax Mark and Fairtrade writes Tim Hunt. Since the launch of the Fair Tax Mark much has been made of our similarities with the Fairtrade Foundation. Our growth from a wider grassroots movement and our commitment to drive positive social change through consumer choice to name but two. And you don’t …

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MPs rally behind Fair Tax Mark

Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament Early Day Motion starts to gather support The Fair Tax Mark is now the subject of an early day motion in the UK parliament. The motion “calls on the Government to endorse the idea of a Fair Tax Mark, to work with its founders to put fair tax at the …

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