Spear’s/Speechly Bircham Seminar: How to be a philanthropist in the 21st century
Spear’s and Speechly Bircham will be holding their third annual seminar on Tuesday 21 February 2012 at the Auditorium, Moorgate.…
ByMonth: February 2012
FT: Greek -130bn bailout agreed
Eurozone finance ministers reached a long-delayed -130bn second bail-out for Greece early on Tuesday after strong-arming private holders of Greek…
ByBettina Von Hase from Nine AM on Art, Patronage and Non-Elitism
Number Von Lady’s Aesthetic Agency Great contacts, German efficiency and a strain of diplomacy that runs in the family have…
ByMatthew Williamson in London Fashion Week
High profile guests and fashion industry figures gathered last night at Nobu Berkeley St to celebrate acclaimed fashion designer Matthew…
BySpear’s Sponsors Young Masters Art Prize 2012
Master Class You can’t be a forward-thinking artist without knowing what came before, which is why Spear’s is pleased to…
ByPhilanthropy, Multiculturalism and Contemporary Art in Sydney
Didgeridoodles A perfect storm of money, mature multiculturalism and matter-of-fact Aussie audacity, gathering for years, has burst over the Contemporary…
ByPlan Zheroes? Food Heroes!
Food waste is one of London’s great unspoken scandals, which is why Plan Zheroes is persuading restaurants to donate their…
ByWe Want Your Signatures to Save the Countryside
We need your signature in a letter to the prime minister from business leaders urging the government to review its…
ByBonkers about bonuses
The bonus culture for utter failure has spread contagiously to the public sector. Britain has gone bonkers about bonuses. The…
ByWBrief: Singapore to tackle tax evasion more keenly
Singapore has declared its commitment to combating money laundering and tax evasion, in line with revamped global guidelines issued by…
By3D Printing and Cutting-Edge Design
They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To Nicole Swengley on the multi-layered possibilities of ‘additive manufacturing’, the astonishing 3D…
ByWhy Picasso is Attractive for First-Time Art Buyers…And Auctioneers
Blue-Chip Period <br /> What a performer! Ivan Lindsay on the reasons why that randy old goat Pablo Picasso remains…
ByWithers: Analysis of New FATCA Regulations
On February 8, 2012, the IRS released long-awaited proposed regulations REG-121647-10 (the “Proposed Regulations”) containing rules on information reporting and…
ByRalph & Russo at Coutts
Coutts has taken banks’ public image problem more literally than most. Walk past their Strand headquarters, and you will notice…
ByNew City Initiative to Launch in Europe
New City Initiative, the lobbying group of small- and medium-sized UK wealth managers, is to launch in Europe in an…
ByFT: Higher-rate tax relief on pensions to be reduced?
Ministers are drawing up plans to raid the pension contributions of higher earners to help pay towards lifting everyone earning…
ByWildlands Philanthropy in Romania
Turn Your Money Green Romania’s Carpathian mountains are among Europe’s last great wildernesses. But their future depends in part on…
ByRA Head Blasts Government Over Non-Dom Taxation
Charles Saumarez Smith paints a frightening picture about the health of philanthropy in Britain. As I was interviewing the head…
ByHow to Buy Contemporary Art
The Art of the Sale You’d think buying art would be as easy as Auerbach, Bacon, Clemente. But, says Freddy…
ByTales of Hoffmann
I’m still coming down from my acid trip of an operatic experience I’m still coming down from my acid trip…
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