Spain
Aviva to reduce Spanish presence with €475m life unit sale
Aviva will sell interests in two bancassurance agreements and a life business to Santalucia, raising €475m (£403m, $517m), as the UK insurer looks to wind down its operations in Spain.
Gibraltar planning for ‘hard Brexit’ end to EU market access
Gibraltar is preparing for a post-Brexit scenario where firms will no longer have access to the European Union single market, focusing instead on maintaining a preferential relationship with Britain, a top government official has revealed.
Spain targets Gibraltar’s ‘privileged’ tax haven status
Spain will target what it considers to be Gibraltar’s “unjustifiable privileges” on tax in Brexit negotiations, a leaked government report has revealed.
Tax & Regulation | 6 Apr 17
HMRC to visit top UK football clubs in tax-dodging probe
The UK tax office will visit all English Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premier League clubs in the next three years to review payments made to players amid a string of high-profile tax avoidance cases.
Spain bemused by UK’s ‘war talk’ in Brexit row over Gibraltar
Spain has accused UK government officials of “losing their cool” in a row with the European Union over the future of Gibraltar post-Brexit.