Corporate Watch

Get the data: The high cost lending companies
June 13, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Dataset: The financial details of the companies analysed.

The money pouring into a boom for consumer loans
June 13, 2013 | by | 3 Comments
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High street banks and US companies have financed payday loans.

Revealed: The £1 billion high cost lending industry
June 13, 2013 | by | No Comments
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A Bureau investigation reveals a hugely profitable and rapidly growing sector.

Making money: Profiting from high-interest loans
June 13, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Profiles of some of the leading high cost lending companies.

City of London Corporation reveals its secret £1.3bn bank account
December 20, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Bureau financial lobby investigation triggers disclosure.

Calls to reform HMRC’s ‘big business’ board
December 3, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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HMRC’s four non-executive directors have extensive links with big business.

MPs slate HMRC and big business for ‘outrageous’ tax avoidance
December 3, 2012 | by | 2 Comments
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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
November 7, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Government move comes three months after Bureau investigation.

MEPs vote in favour of limits on high frequency trading
September 28, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Future of a controversial trading practice hangs in the balance.

Burberry pulls out of China factory following concerns about conditions
September 18, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Darling of London Fashion Week makes changes in China.

Inside the European negotiations that could rein in HFT
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Despite a lobbying blitz from HFT’s supporters, MEPs are determined to act.

Analysis: WTF is HFT?
September 16, 2012 | by | 4 Comments
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Why high frequency trading has to be treated with caution.

Robot wars: How high frequency trading changed global markets
September 16, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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The biggest cyber battle you’ve never heard of is being waged on the stock markets.

The A to Z of high frequency trading
September 16, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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The language of the new financial markets explained: an ABC of HFT.

Infographic: Trading at the speed of light
September 16, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Inside the world’s fastest financial arms race.

Report and be damned: an American whistleblower’s story
August 28, 2012 | by | 1 Comment
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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
July 28, 2012 | by | 1 Comment
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Minister faces questions on possible tax evasion by HSBC Swiss bank clients.

Court rejects $100m ‘vulture fund’ claim against Congo’s state miner
July 19, 2012 | by | Comments Off
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Gécamines cannot be liable for DRC’s debts, court rules.

Scratching the surface: Are Zambians about to get their dues from foreign miners?
June 15, 2012 | by | 10 Comments
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Zambians haven’t benefitted from $8bn copper exports. Could this be about to change?

Questions over London-listed miner ENRC’s Congo deals
June 12, 2012 | by | 1 Comment
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Campaigners raise more concerns about mining deals in DRC involving Dan Gertler.

Latest from the Bureau

Westminster hit by soaring costs as it struggles with homeless crisis
June 8, 2013 | by | Comments Off
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Council spends more on homelessness than it saves on welfare clampdown.

White House briefings lay out new drone rulebook – but questions remain
May 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Signature strikes and CIA control of Pakistan drones likely until 2014, documents suggest

Home Secretary wins latest round of citizenship-stripping case
May 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Vietnamese-born man accused of militant training loses Court of Appeal case.

Case study: Beleaguered in Brent
May 23, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Hanane Toumi and her family work and study in Westminster but now commute from Brent.

Sharp rise in B&B spending as homelessness crisis intensifies
May 21, 2013 | by | No Comments
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A £90m bed and breakfast bill for UK's 12 largest cities.

Voices from the frontline of the housing crisis
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Those who experience the housing maelstrom first-hand speak out.

Case study: Stranded in Southwark
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
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With three children and a baby on the way Zara Mahamat just wants a stable home.

Infographic: Price of UK’s escalating housing crisis
May 20, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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The scale of Britain's housing crisis visualised.

Get the data: Britain’s housing turmoil in numbers
May 19, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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Dataset: The Bureau's research into the extent and cost of housing upheaval.

How we did it: Tracking the housing crisis
May 19, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Methodology: How the Bureau compiled its data on homelessness.