UKSA speaks up on CGT
The UK Shareholders’ Association has entered the debate over coalition government proposals to boost its income from capital gains tax.
For full details, see the press release.
The UK Shareholders’ Association has entered the debate over coalition government proposals to boost its income from capital gains tax.
For full details, see the press release.
The submission claims that the "nationalisation was unnecessary and destroyed a well capitalised and solvent bank". A copy of the submission can be found here.
UKSA calls for a radical rethink of the way governments should promote public understanding of how individuals should manage their personal savings and investments. A copy of the press release can be found here.
A booklet entitled Responsible investing - for the Individual and for Society was published by UKSA at the beginning of 2010. This has been widely welcomed in the press, who have commended it for the attention of all political parties as they develop their own policies in the run up to the election. A pdf version will be available on this web site in early February 2010, but in the meantime, please contact our office.
UKSA sent this letter to all shareholders via email in January 2010, norting the success of the Artemis VCT campaign
The following announcement was issued about the rights issue voting and take-up and Lloyds job cuts. HBOS investigation and secret loans to HBOS. Campaign legal action status and fund raising.
A report on the Lloyds Shareholder Meeting held in London on the 31st October and copies of the presentations given there and also on "Shareholder Activism in the Banking Sector" are available here.
UKSA's Chairman has written to Chancellor Alistair Darling calling on him to protect savers from inflation. See this press release.
Some comments from UKSA on Gordon Brown's speech to the Labour Party conference are here.