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.
Carillion’s collapse. Capita on the brink. The failure of the East Coast Rail franchise. A quarter of all additional funding allocated to schools in 2017 funnelled into profits for PFI firms. These are just four […]
A February 2018 study by the Centre for Health and the Public Interest has revealed that PFI firms will earn £4.8bn from schools by 2020, reports the Guardian. This diversion of taxpayer money to private […]
Farming Minister George Eustice announced a new £60m grant scheme that will enable UK farmers to access funds for the purchase of new equipment. Announced in early February 2018, the Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme […]
The Government announced in early February that it would provide £100m in Government-backed loans to Carillion contractors, following the firms collapse. Support will be provided by the British Business Bank (BBB), which will enable high-street […]
Nissan is set to unveil 1,000 vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging stations across the UK over the coming year, thanks in part to a £9.8m government grant it received in partnership with other members of the e4Future […]
The UK Science Minister, Sam Gyimah, announced £70m in funding for the creation of new manufacturing centres that will focus on developing new medicines. The money will be distributed through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and […]
Our newsletter for January 2018 introduced the launch of our newly updated and improved Corporate Welfare Database, featured our blog on the East Coast Rail Bailout (which was featured in a Guardian report) and included […]
Following the collapse of Carillion, the Guardian produced an illuminating list of the contracts the firm holds with the government. From managing NHS operating theatres to major rail projects to maintenance and other services at schools and […]
The Herald reported in December 2017 that DuPont Tiejin Films had been awarded a nearly-£1m grant to support innovation at its Dumfries factory in Scotland. The funding, from Scottish Enterprise, is said to have secured […]
In late-October 2017, the government announced the availability of £3.5m in funding for existing innovations that are already in use elsewhere and that can be applied to the rail industry. The fund, from the Department for […]
The new Nissan Leaf started rolling off the Sunderland production line in late-December 2017. The Sunderland Echo reported that Nissan’s flagship electric vehicle will be available in European markets in February. Nissan’s continued investment in […]
In late October 2017 the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs announced £40m in a new grant scheme for investment in farm technology and equipment. The Countryside Productivity Scheme is available to both farmers […]
The Guardian reported in late November 2017 that the government has agreed to end Virgin Train’s East Coast (Vtec) contract to run the East Coast rail franchise three years early. This means the contract will […]
Our newsletter for November 2017 featured a note to readers updating them on our behind-the-scenes progress with research. Leading up to the winter holidays, we were busy with a new research project focused on the […]
Driverless cars, also known as or autonomous vehicles, stood out on Tuesday as a key point of focus in the Autumn Budget. One of only a few specific technologies mentioned in the budget — along […]
News of Amazon’s seasonal hiring of 20,000 temporary workers, reported in various UK news outlets this autumn, is generally heralded as good news for job seekers. The company is expanding. Surely good news all around? […]
Our newsletter for October 2017 features a blog we published on the Bombardier trade disputes, a warning to British farmers about the consequences of Brexit, a roundup of news we covered during the month, and […]
The UK will devote another £17 million in funding to businesses within the life sciences, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in late October. The funding is a part of the UK’s industrial strategy and will be […]
The plane at the centre of Boeing and Embraer’s dual disputes with Bombardier, the C Series, will soon be assembled at Airbus’s plant in Mobile, Alabama. This, thanks to a significant investment by Airbus in the […]
Phil Bicknell, Market Intelligence Director of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), today claimed that Brexit threatens to reduce UK farm incomes by as much as 50 percent. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, […]
The first instalment of our monthly newsletter, published on September 27, 2017, featured the release of our latest Company Report on Nissan UK, a popular blog on Amazon and corporate tax by our founder and […]
Nissan first invested in the UK in the early 1980s following protracted negotiations over the deal it could extract from the British government. Declassified memos from the Thatcher administration paint a picture of a company of […]
Many of those who voted to leave the EU would have been encouraged to do so in order to ‘take back control’ from Brussels. Few voted leave in order to starve public services of funding, […]
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