Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Joules seeks funds to expand
Joules, the fashion retailer favoured by Middle England, has revived talks with advisers to sell a minority stake in the business to help fund expansion. Tom Joule, the founder and biggest shareholder, and management are thought to have held discussions with Rothschild about another auction, following a stalled process nearly two years ago.
Global crackdown on evasion
Requests for information about UK-based foreign nationals by foreign states investigating tax evasion are rising sharply as governments try to pull in more tax, says Pinsent Masons, the law firm. The number of requests for information about taxpayers received by the UK Government from overseas tax authorities has surged by 18 per cent in the last year.
Property giant to reveal assets dip
Tomorrow sees the first, and biggest, of a handful of property companies updating the market. British Land is forecast to report a 1 per cent decline in the value of its property assets in its half-year update. Big Yellow will also reveal half-year results and later in the week, Grainger and Helical Bar update.
Direction of Compass queried
Analysts are concerned about the catering group Compass, which reports on Wednesday. Jefferies scribes said: "We have no quarrel with Compass's outsourcing business model; quite the reverse. But shorter-term prospects, especially in Europe, could overshadow decent progress elsewhere."
Regional papers to slow DMGT
Regional media is likely to bring down an otherwise good set of results for Daily Mail and General Trust on Thursday. Talks are ongoing for it to sell the regional papers to a new company created by Trinity Mirror and the family-owned regional newspaper group Yattendon.
Fuller's profits to be dampened
Panmure Gordon scribes expect the brewer Fuller Smith & Turner's profit before tax to be £16.5m at its interim results on Friday. Their forecast remains unchanged on the prior year, "reflecting the impact of the wettest summer for 100 years". Analysts expect profitability to improve in the second half.
Big Four audit firms criticised
Critics of the Big Four accountants believe that the Competition Commission has found evidence that the audit market is "a closed shop". The commission's website reveals that every FTSE 100 company that switched auditor between 2001 and 2011 did so just between KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and Ernst & Young.
Independent on Sunday
Call to merge NI and income tax
Business leaders have backed a call to merge national insurance with income tax to help reduce costs, drive up wages and create jobs. The support for a "radical" overhaul of the tax system, revealed in a survey of 1,125 businesses by the Institute of Directors, comes as the Treasury is considering how to simplify workers' taxes.
Sunday Times
Barclay twins get hotels support
Blackstone has waded into the battle for control of three of London's top hotels – the Berkeley, Claridge's and the Connaught. The US firm is backing the twins Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay, who are trying to wrest the Maybourne Hotel Group from the Irish property developer Paddy McKillen.
Mail on Sunday
Centrica to turn back on nuclear
Centrica, owner of British Gas, is expected to turn its back on building new nuclear power stations in Britain, ending its partnership with EDF Energy to build a new plant in Somerset. Only a change in government policy towards subsidies for the plants would persuade Centrica to return to the market.
Sunday Telegraph
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments