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 CWW.
Newsletter: March 2018
Corporate welfare General
Universities and the threat of bankruptcy within fake markets
Universities offer the opportunity to gain new knowledge, learn new skills, and to build the foundations for future careers. But these opportunities come at a cost – universities, perhaps often seeming like unflappable, unwavering institutions, […]
Corporate welfare General
Nissan, Brexit and the UK’s industrial headache
In our 2017 company report, we revealed that Nissan UK had received £800 million in corporate welfare from the UK government. The Nissan case shows a pattern of transnational corporations either getting the deal they […]
Corporate welfare General
Government announces £1bn+ AI Sector Deal
The government announced in late April 2018 details of its new AI Sector Deal, which includes £300m of newly allocated funding to the AI sector. For its part, the private sector tech industry has promised nearly £1bn […]