Posted on February 17, 2008 by robertkyriakides
I am now back in London after a hectic week travelling. I was on an Easyjet airline and enduring one of those dreadful, crowded flights where you get bashed by cabin staff wheeling trolleys to sell unappetising looking sandwiches, and have your sleep interrupted by inane cabin announcements which are no more than adverts, I [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2008 by robertkyriakides
Stamp Duty Transfer Tax is a jolly way for the Government to raise money. Traditionally, Governments have used Stamp Duty as a means of raising tax for hundreds of years; it was one of those taxes to which the American colonists objected. If you wanted to become a solicitor eighty or so years ago you [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2007 by robertkyriakides
It is not always easy to know if you are doing the right thing, when it comes to the environment. Take the issue of carbon off setting. These days many people – celebrities that you read about in the papers or see on television on and film – tell us that they use this to [...]
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