Ground Hog Day for the Press
By Jonathan Coad

Anyone familiar with the wonderful film Ground Hog Day will be reminded of the central premise: a recurring day with no change of circumstances. It is difficult not to be reminded of this film when watching the press and politicians assuring us all that there will now be a tough regulatory system which will them all in check.

Use of freelancers: Sensible tax planning or “morally wrong”?
By Victoria Goode

In the current economic climate there has been a growing trend among politicians and the press to condemn tax planning as a “form of cheating” which “smacks of cynicism” and “greed”. The targets for attack have ranged from “non-doms” who, if certain conditions are satisfied are able to keep non-UK income and gains outside UK tax, to Jimmy Carr who confessed to a “terrible error of judgement” in using a Jersey based planning scheme which apparently enabled him to pay a 1% effective tax rate on his income

City A.M. covers appointment of new partner Adam Glass

New Media, Brands and Technology partner Adam Glass' appointment has been covered in this morning's edition of City A.M.'s 'Who's switching jobs' section.