Leaders & Columnists
House Cleaning
Christopher Silvester hears echoes of 1932 in the US Congressional investigation into the recent banking crisis and wonders whether things will be different this time
Firm Foundation
Zain Alatas hears from Sir John Sorrell, whose foundation encourages young people to get involved in design projects, and Sophie Schorah, who was inspired as a schoolgirl by one of those enterprises
Chartered Flight
Caroline Garnham on the quandaries that face HNWs looking to move abroad, from the quality of life and culture of the potential destinations to the complex tax implications
Did Someone Say 'Rise'?
Guy Monson on several causes for good cheer in the global markets — though admittedly rather more so for Western economies than for emerging ones
Gross Box Office
Alessandro Tomé goes to a trendy cabaret gig and finds the only thing more revolting than the show itself is the agglomeration of freaks watching it
Spear's Letters
Spear's readers' comments on anti-social high-speed trains and social investing, and a note from the editor on the dangers of babelfish and how Spear's was first with royal non-news.
Editor's Letter
England’s countryside heritage is so glorious it’s a shame we hardly have the weather to enjoy it. Spear's goes outdoors for issue 21.
Fair Shares?
A few years ago, no-one paid much attention to rising inequality. But now we are living with ever-faltering economic recovery, stitched up coalition government and make-do-and-mend policy making, inequality is once more in vogue
Charge Card
How strange that entrepreneurs, a pool of society made rich by innovative business decisions, have been so slow to force through changes to their advisors’ fee structures
Blood in the Water
Sitting in our island with its own currency, it is easy for the British to become complacent and fail to notice the increasingly exacerbated tensions within the eurozone, but that would be a mistake
Unbillable Hours
Our specialists solve your HNW problems (gratis!)
Q
Is it really possible to avoid stamp duty land tax when purchasing land and property?
A
A lot has been made recently in the press about buyers of some of the UK’s most expensive homes avoiding stamp duty land tax (SDLT) by purchasing their home through a company.
Spear's Wire
