Dataset: The financial details of the companies analysed.
Corporate Watch
The money pouring into a boom for consumer loans

High street banks and US companies have financed payday loans.
Revealed: The £1 billion high cost lending industry

A Bureau investigation reveals a hugely profitable and rapidly growing sector.
Making money: Profiting from high-interest loans

Profiles of some of the leading high cost lending companies.
City of London Corporation reveals its secret £1.3bn bank account

Bureau financial lobby investigation triggers disclosure.
Calls to reform HMRC’s ‘big business’ board

HMRC’s four non-executive directors have extensive links with big business.
MPs slate HMRC and big business for ‘outrageous’ tax avoidance

UK government told to ‘get a grip’ on tax avoidance or the public won’t pay up.
Government considers lifting restrictions on pension scheme for low paid

Government move comes three months after Bureau investigation.
MEPs vote in favour of limits on high frequency trading

Future of a controversial trading practice hangs in the balance.
Burberry pulls out of China factory following concerns about conditions

Darling of London Fashion Week makes changes in China.
Inside the European negotiations that could rein in HFT

Despite a lobbying blitz from HFT’s supporters, MEPs are determined to act.
Analysis: WTF is HFT?

Why high frequency trading has to be treated with caution.
Robot wars: How high frequency trading changed global markets

The biggest cyber battle you’ve never heard of is being waged on the stock markets.
The A to Z of high frequency trading

The language of the new financial markets explained: an ABC of HFT.
Infographic: Trading at the speed of light

Inside the world’s fastest financial arms race.
Report and be damned: an American whistleblower’s story

August has been a busy month for whistleblowers in the United States.
The £200m question: Trade minister Lord Green linked to Swiss HSBC tax scandal

Minister faces questions on possible tax evasion by HSBC Swiss bank clients.
Court rejects $100m ‘vulture fund’ claim against Congo’s state miner

Gécamines cannot be liable for DRC’s debts, court rules.
Scratching the surface: Are Zambians about to get their dues from foreign miners?

Zambians haven’t benefitted from $8bn copper exports. Could this be about to change?
Questions over London-listed miner ENRC’s Congo deals

Campaigners raise more concerns about mining deals in DRC involving Dan Gertler.












