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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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rather a depressing read and doesn't even include p & o.
Brian Dixon
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and it starts at the top,german/greek partneship,probably a few on the back benches to.one must say its rife.
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Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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My family,not me own British companys,this is just one of them you can log into B.I. Engineering company very big and doing very well around the world, still some great British companys out there and doing very very well over here and in the U,S,A and the rest of the world.
Ross Miller
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Yes a large number of major/household name companies have been bought/sold (depends on perspective) but there are a huge number of SMEs in this country that are British owned and they count for well over 50% of all entiries registered a Companies House.
But hey why let the facts get in the way of a good scare story
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Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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So the way to go is register your self outside the uk ,
Borrow money from yourself at high interest, then offset them interest payments agents your uk tax bill, this is probably why we have so many non doms
Yes very scary Ross , especially for business that do the right thing and have to compete with you .
And of course the short fall will be maid up from the little people.
Keith Sansum1
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quite a big story,
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Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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Sorry KB but what are you on about?
If you are referring to the likes of Amazon etc they have UK registered subsidiaries, they then use a set of complex UK & European accountancy rules relating to things like management fees, licensing fees etc to ensure the minimum profit is shown in those countries with higher tax rates and declare their profit and pay their corporation tax in places like Luxembourg or Ireland.
Not that that is actually what the "story" in the Daily Wail was actually about but as I said why let facts get in the way of a scare story.
As for me, not that is is any of your business, I run my own small business from Dover that is registered in the UK and pay my corporation and income tax appropriately.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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we seem to be going away from the original heading, sme's may be doing well but private equity businesses are buying up the blue chip businesses and appear to be using them for their own short term gain meaning less jobs for british workers.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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which is a shame
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Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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but surely the question is who is selling, rather than who is buying?
If these so called blue chip companies are being sold it is by their shareholders, many/most of whom are pension funds; so perhaps the real question should be why do British Pension funds, providing pension for British workers have so little faith that British management will generate the necessary returns that they are prepared to sell out these companies shares to foreign interests?
Or is that too damn sensible and straight forward?
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Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
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Perhaps the reason that there is little faith in British is that they have less to offer than other nations. Let's face it our education system has been royally, erm you know, screwed by successive administrations over the years, a national welfare culture exists whereby it's better economically for some not to work, environmental legislation has made us much more noncompetitive compared to other countries, a one-way street exists in terms of our membership of the EU, big business is now considered to be bad and evil and impure.
I wouldn't consider the Mail piece as simply a scare story - it's extremely serious and will have massive implications for the future of our economic well being.
As it stands we are not really producing enough to earn our collective bowl of rice: instead we are being kept afloat by vast sums of borrowed money which at some point will have to be repaid. When that happens it's game over. You will not recognise the UK as We see it now to that which awaits our future.
As far as pension funds and investors are concerned it is their legal duty to act on behalf of their investors. If that means doing things against the National interest then that is of no consequence. It's the law.
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It's the law...so far.
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Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
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Indeed Tom. I suspect it will remain so for a very long time in the same way that Professor Brian Cox will still be heard telling us that the Martian atmosphere is "Amazing" and the moons of Saturn are "Amazing" and the entire universe is "Amazing" in fifty years time.
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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I agree with you on one thing PP and that is that education has been screwed around with by both major parties since the late 1970s
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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screwed ross the whole country has been screwed since the 60's.
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On the original posting you could say that it is good news that Foreign companies invest in the UK, they must see something here that is worth investing in.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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only for their own benefit though, not always good for the work force as seen in the article, could be more buying up with the planned relaxation of employment laws.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Ross ????????? 9
As for me, not that is is any of your business, I run my own small business from Dover that is registered in the UK and pay my corporation and income tax appropriately.
Your right it's none of my business, like I give a sh.... about your personnel business
