Our newsletter for March 2018 is focused on government funding for the Industrial Strategy, new plans for taxing turnover of large online firms in the UK and EU, and recent events that featured Kevin Farnsworth of […]
On 7 March 2018, CWW Executive Director Kevin Farnsworth spoke about tax relief from a corporate welfare perspective and debated the merits of this practice with other panellists at a Chartered Institute of Tax event […]
Science Minister Sam Gyimah announced 15 March 2018 the Government’s plans to inject billions of pounds to the UK economy by fostering opportunities in the space sector. The move is also intended to create hundreds […]
The Government is pouring £67m into vouchers to support the uptake of full fibre broadband connections. The Nationwide Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) was announced 15 March 2018 as part of the Government’s plans, outlined in […]
In a perhaps surprising popular uprising against corporate welfare in the United States, the Guardian reports that community and activist groups across the nation are speaking out in opposition to the massive tax incentives that some states […]
Just a week after news broke that the EU plans to tax the local turnover of big tech firms, the UK government released a position paper stating its intention to similarly revamp how it taxes […]
The government announced in March 2018 that the Midlands-based Worcestershire 5G Consortium has been awarded £4.8m to develop testbeds for 5G digital infrastructure. The award is part of a £25m package to develop 5G infrastructure […]
UK Export Finance (UKEF) will provide financing for a Korean Airlines purchase of Bombardier C Series aircraft, the Government announced on March 9, 2018. Of the move, Baroness Fairhead, Minister of State for Trade and […]
The UK government has provided funding for a study focused on figuring out how to incentivise drivers of electric vehicles to support the power grid by using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging points. The study, titled Vehicle to […]
In a move that would recoup tax payments otherwise funnelled overseas through clever accounting mechanisms, the EU is poised to begin taxing the turnover, rather than the profits, of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. Bruno […]
Our newsletter for February 2018 is focused on the fallout of PFI practices, including a special feature blog post by us which showcases research on the topic. Click here to read the newsletter.
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