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Tax Havens
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Union sparks living wage row at elite Scots golf club
A major trade union has challenged an elite Scottish golf club – which costs more than £100,000 to…
Revealed: The secret owners of elite Scots golf club
Top political donors, a Labour lord and Scottish football hero Ally McCoist have been among secret owners of a tax haven firm behind an elite Scottish golf club.
Revealed: Canadian government owns Scots property via tax haven
The investment arm of a Canadian provincial government is the owner of a tax haven firm that holds nearly £20m of Scottish property.
Scottish Tories handed nearly £100k by billionaire family behind tax haven firm
The Scottish Conservatives have been given £96,000 by members of an influential billionaire family behind a company ultimately owned in an offshore tax haven.
Billionaire lairds and Tory donors broke rules around rural subsidies
Billionaire lairds, sporting estates and Conservative Party donors in receipt of millions of pounds of public grants are among the owners of businesses which broke the rules around rural subsidies.
Tax-haven firms buy 40 per cent of Scotland’s vet practices amidst surging pet healthcare prices
Tax haven-based firms and corporations, along with other large companies, now own 40% of Scotland's veterinary practices, as pet healthcare costs rise.
Eurosceptic former MEPs benefit from luxury EU pensions
A German MEP has accused Eurosceptic former UK MEPs of hypocrisy for joining a taxpayer-funded, luxury top-up pension fund with “almost criminal energy”.
Glen Affric: Pippa Middleton’s family estate urged to stop deterring access
A Highland sporting estate owned by the billionaire family of Kate Middleton’s sister has been urged to stop deterring access at Glen Affric's famous loch.
Does the new foreign ownership law go far enough?
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the UK introduced a register of overseas entities. But does the new foreign ownership law go far enough?