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Tax lost offshore could end world poverty, says Oxfam May 23 Written by: 23/05/2013 13:40 The lost £99 billion could end extreme poverty twice over Governments are losing more than £99bn a year in revenue, says Oxfam, enough to eliminate extreme poverty across the globe twice over. Ac...
An indie radical bookshop in a tiny space in the smallish urban community of Chapel Allerton. They offer a good range of quality adult and children’s fiction together with genres characterised as alternative or radical – hence Rad…ish. 128 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 4NZ.
has links to 6 alternative energy companies - Good Energy, Green Energy, Ebico, Ecotricity, Co-operative Energy and Ovo - so that npower customers can easily switch suppliers. Plus, you send an email to npower telling them that you are leaving them and why.
An e-reader (electronic reader) is a portable device for reading digital content, such as electronic books (e-books), newspapers and documents. How do they work? They use e-ink screens that eliminate glare and reduce eye-strain, making them much better for viewing digital documents th...
Amazon UK paid £3m tax on £4bn sales last year May 16 Written by: 16/05/2013 09:16 A Guardian investigation has revealed that Amazon's UK subsidiary paid £3.2m in corporate taxes last year on sales of £4.3bn - a rate of less than 0.1%. Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public Accounts Comm...
Hyundai 's bulldozers have been used during house demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem in the Palestinian neighbourhoods of Issawiya and At-Tur. JCB trucks have been used in the construction of settlements and checkpoints, including at Qalandia, the main checkpoint which restricts m...
Best Buys as of July/August 2012 As our ratings are constantly updated, it is possible that company ratings on the score table may have changed since this report was written. Our Best Buys for sportswear are Gossypium and THTC for yoga and running wear, plus Yew clothing and Paramo . ...
Top companies' use of tax havens revealed May 13 Written by: 13/05/2013 13:36 New ActionAid research, tracking the offshore structures of the FTSE100, finds that the presence of the UK’s largest companies in tax havens has not diminished despite media scandals over tax avoidance and a...