13/05/2011
Mickey Clark and Jeremy Naylor with news and insight from the business world. Text: 85058 (at your standard message rate).
Presented by Mickey Clarke and Jeremy Naylor.
Has it been 'a good year' for Germany as predicted by its Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle? As the Eurozone releases its GDP figures for the first three months of the year, we are joined in the studio by Dawn Holland, senior research fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
It's been a big week for the energy companies. Now a new player - Co-op Energy - has come into the market offering a simple to understand tariff. But is the energy market working for the consumers - or should the regulator Ofgem be doing more? We speak to Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy for uSwitch, the price comparison site.
Could the super rich soon be looking for a new tax haven? Five cantons in Switzerland are going to vote on whether to scrap the favourable tax conditions for foreigners. Daniel Feingold, senior partner at tax law consultancy, Strategic Tax Planning, tells us more.
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