Victoria Beckham's flagship fashion HQ hits the property catwalk
While Victoria Beckham’s property portfolio might be better known for residential planning disputes with Kensington neighbours, the former Spice Girls singer’s £15m commercial headquarters was put up...
View ArticleEbay hit with £7m extra UK tax bill after a review by HMRC
E-commerce auction site Ebay’s UK office paid out an additional £7m in owed corporate taxes last year, after the closure of a review by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). In accounts published yesterday,...
View ArticleEbay snaps up Motors site in race for online car sales
Bidding platform Ebay is set to acquire car search site Motors.co.uk as it takes on Autotrader. The online shopping giant will buy the website from current owner Cox Automotive for an undisclosed sum,...
View ArticleA luddite levy on online shopping won’t help the high street
Time and time again over the past few months, we’ve heard prominent figures in the retail world call for a special sales tax on online companies to help prop up their struggling sector, from the Tesco...
View ArticleEbay predicts fourth quarter surge in profits
E-commerce giant Ebay forecasted a rise in fourth quarter profits above analyst estimates tonight, despite its rival Amazon announcing last week that its profits will disappoint across the upcoming...
View ArticleHammond’s digital tax is an illogical game of whack-a-mole
The introduction of a new digital services tax was the most depressingly inevitable part of Philip Hammond’s Budget speech last week. Years of pressure from a pincer movement of corporate tax moralists...
View ArticleThe hidden meanings behind the Q&A
You've finished your presentation. You remembered to look at the audience, rather than at the massive screen behind you, so it actually seemed like a presentation rather than a modern corporate version...
View ArticleBlack Friday transactions jump 10 per cent on 2017
The number of transactions on Black Friday jumped ten per cent year-on-year but the amount spent plummeted compared to 2017, according to credit card data. Consumers spent 12 per cent less while...
View ArticleSupporting small businesses is for life, not just for Christmas
American Express’s Small Business Saturday last weekend saw a call to arms to encourage us to shop locally and support small businesses. Since its launch in 2010, this annual event now reaches millions...
View ArticleCompetition watchdog launches probe into Ebay's acquisition of Motors.co.uk
Ebay's proposed acquisition of car search business Motors.co.uk is to undergo an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), it was announced this morning. The CMA said it is...
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