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How to speak to Whitehall: a guide for entrepreneurs
A former House of Commons clerk turned communications adviser gives the run-down on how to engage with SW1 No-one goes into public service for the…
Spear’s Wealth Insight Forum 2020, in association with St Lucia Citizenship by Investment: The highlights
There may have been no canapés or champagne this year, but the first virtual edition of the Spear’s Wealth Insight Forum served up insight and inte…
Gidleigh Park hotel review: A country house staycation to savour
The Gidleigh estate has been recognised since Norman times, and it still maintains an ability to transport its guests to a different place altogeth…
Cultural Desert: Inside the Arabian art boom
The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum adds another stop to the emerging Grand Tour of Arabia The never-ending battle to put cities on the global…
Autumn reading: Four of the best books out now
Looking for something to read? Here are four books out now recommended by Spear’s Fake Law By the Secret Barrister (Picador, £20) The Secre…
Moments in money: The first tax haven
In this edition of our series highlighting key moments in the history of finance, we’re taking a look at the tax haven Some academics believe that …
How I started a cigar vlog over lockdown
Starting a cigar vlog over lockdown has provided Nick Foulkes with more than a quarantine hobby Back in the summer, at the end of lockdown, I filme…
James Chen: Why I am a ‘catalytic’ philanthropist
One man is on a mission to improve the vision of billions of people in need James Chen, Co-founder of the campaigns Vision for a Nation and Clearly…
William Sitwell meets Claude Bosi: ‘Some of my friends say I’m more British than them’
In the former UK headquarters of the famous French tyre company, Claude Bosi is plotting his return Like so many in the restaurant business, Claude…
Serie A side Parma Calcio 1913 announces takeover
Parma Calcio makes the landmark announcement a day before the start of the Serie A season US firm Krause Group and Italian group Nuovo Inizio have …
‘Investing in rare and extraordinary whisky is about more than just economics’
Some single malts offer an opportunity to claim a piece of Scotch history – and can be a worthwhile investment too, writes Johanna Derry Hall What …
The West is paying the price of its preferred world order – and we should have seen it coming
Innovative thinking is now required to design how the West engages with the rest of the world Though we still have a few more months to go, 2020 is…
Jim Mellon Diary: My quest for the elixir of youth
Bioscience entrepreneur Jim Mellon has spent lockdown preparing for webinars and questing for the elixir of youth As told to Rasika Sittamparam The…
Special report: Is Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s financial capital in danger?
The recent unrest in Hong Kong has put its status as Asia’s financial capital in danger. Can it survive this turbulent spell? It’s a 14-minute jour…
Jason Cowley on Marcelo Bielsa: ‘There is no one quite like him’
After years of failure, Leeds United finally found their saviour in Marcelo Bielsa, a sixtysomething maverick from Argentina In the early summer of…
‘It’s time to start tunnelling to the city’ – musings of a Country Mouse
Our new columnist Daisy Dunn muses on a lockdown spent in the countryside – and contemplates a return to the city ‘I will be a Country Mouse…
The Spear’s Tax & Trust Advisers Index
HNWs looking for the best tax lawyers and accountants to help them negotiate labyrinthine revenue regimes and cross-border issues, or to set up sen…
The sanctuary for global wealth that you’ve probably never heard of
In South Dakota, not too far from Mount Rushmore, an ambitious little city has emerged as a sanctuary for global wealth In the sprawling prairies o…
Tax comment: ‘Don’t complain about the new order’
Now is not the time to skimp on tax payments, because people will notice, says Eliot Wilson It all started with Dame Margaret Hodge’s father. In 20…
Breaking down the latest non-dom figures
Ceris Gardner and Alice Wheatley decipher HMRC’s latest figures on the UK’s non-doms In July, HMRC released new statistics of nondomiciled taxpayer…