Q4, 2023
Contents
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The Agenda
16 EDITOR’S LETTER
By Edwin Smith
18 READERS’ LETTERS
Our readers share their views
20 DIARY
With HIDE restaurant co-founder and executive chef Ollie Dabbous
22 PHILANTHROPY
Petros Stathis of Monterock and Nammos on education in developing nations
24 SHOT BEFORE DAWN
Photographs from the Spear’s 500 Live event at the Savoy
26 THE HEDGEHOG
News from the HNW universe, from property to finance and blue plaques
28 BOOKS
Chris Blackhurst’s Man Utd profile
30 LIQUID LUNCH
Fortnum & Mason CEO Tom Athron
32 MATTHEW GOODWIN
High-tax, high-spend, big-state Britain is here to stay, whoever is in power
33 ANNAMARIA KOERLING
With so many HNWs on the move, the race is on to attract family offices
34 ROBERT AMSTERDAM
Why the Coutts v Nigel Farage farrago should have us all worried
35 JONATHAN TAPLIN
This generation of billionaire tech barons are a danger to the planet
The Briefing 37
TAX
38 THE LABOUR EXCHANGE
The Spear’s Tax Survey
42 A TALE OF TWO TAXES
What next for the increasingly lucrative capital gains tax and IHT ?
44 FLIGHT PLANS
Non-doms are making preparations in case they need to leave the UK
48 SHIFTING SANDS
The UAE is slowly adapting to life with VAT and corporate taxes
50 TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Labour’s plan to tax private school fees is already a hot election topic
