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United Kingdom | 5 Dec 12

Chancellor George Osborne today targeted wealthy taxpayers with a reduction in the annual allowance on pension contributions, and vowed to pursue tax avoiders, as part of a general strategy of trying to make do with less.

United Kingdom | 3 Dec 12

AES International has for the second year running joined the Sunday Times list of the 100 fastest growing companies in the UK and has in fact moved up the list by seven places from 11th in 2011 to fourth this year.

United Kingdom | 30 Nov 12

Aviva is set to cut 120 jobs worth a reported £400m in cost savings.

United Kingdom | 27 Nov 12

Spokesmen for some of the UK’s key overseas territories said little beyond the fact that they look forward to meeting UK Government officials imminently to discuss the possibility of their exchanging more information with the UK, in the wake of a report that the UK is seeking to impose its own version of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act on them.

United Kingdom | 26 Nov 12

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney has been named as Mervyn King’s successor at the Bank of England.