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Melissa Jones: /* Vocal on tax issues */

2012-04-28T15:32:34Z

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Melissa Jones: /* Vocal on tax issues */

2012-04-28T15:30:47Z

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Melissa Jones: /* Vocal on tax issues */

2012-04-28T15:30:26Z

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Melissa Jones: /* Vocal on tax issues */

2012-04-28T15:27:02Z

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Melissa Jones: /* Vocal on tax issues */

2012-04-28T15:24:14Z

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Melissa Jones: /* Tax avoidance */

2012-04-28T15:16:26Z

Tax avoidance

Melissa Jones at 14:05, 17 January 2012

2012-01-17T14:05:21Z

Melissa Jones at 14:04, 17 January 2012

2012-01-17T14:04:33Z

David: /* Subsidiaries as of April 2010 */

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David: /* Subsidiaries as of April 2010 */

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 But it was hardly surprising, given that the advertising giant has a seat on the HM Treasury's [[Business Forum on Tax and Competitiveness]], a talking shop where business and Treasury ministers come together ‘to discuss ways in which Government can improve the competitiveness of UK’s tax system’.
-Sorrell admitted there had been discussions between WPP and the government "for many months, and particularly since the Davos summit".
+Sorrell admitted to the ''Guardian'' that there had been discussions between WPP and the government "for many months, and particularly since the [2010] Davos summit".
 :The coalition from the very beginning had said it was crucially important that Britain had a competitive tax landscape," he said. "They've gone further than I expected on corporate [tax] and also on personal taxation." The higher income tax rate of 50p is expected to be cut. <ref> Graeme Wearden, Jill Treanor and Henry McDonald in Dublin, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/24/wpp-poised-return-uk WPP poised to return to UK – but how many are following suit?], guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 March 2011 20.50 GMT </ref>

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 :The coalition from the very beginning had said it was crucially important that Britain had a competitive tax landscape," he said. "They've gone further than I expected on corporate [tax] and also on personal taxation." The higher income tax rate of 50p is expected to be cut. <ref> Graeme Wearden, Jill Treanor and Henry McDonald in Dublin, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/24/wpp-poised-return-uk WPP poised to return to UK – but how many are following suit?], guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 March 2011 20.50 GMT </ref>
-===Biggest FTSE 100 user of tax havens====
+===Biggest FTSE 100 user of tax havens===
 A new tax havens database compiled by the anti-poverty charity ActionAid in October 2011 revealed just how embedded the use of tax havens is in the structures of nearly all Britain’s biggest companies.

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 ==Vocal on tax issues==
-Boss Martin Sorrell long made a big noise over Britain's 'uncompetitive' tax regime under the Labour government, and in 2008 he moved WPP's tax base to Ireland. So his much trumpeted promise to return to the UK after George Osborne's 2011 budget brought in a massive 5 per cent cut to corporation tax and the way overseas profits are taxed was a big coup for the Coalition. Critics called it a "carefully stage-managed" announcement as part of Osborne's drive to show Britain was "open for business"
+Boss Martin Sorrell long made a big noise over Britain's 'uncompetitive' tax regime under the Labour government, and in 2008 he moved WPP's tax base to Ireland. So his much trumpeted promise to return to the UK after George Osborne's 2011 budget hailed a massive 5 per cent cut to corporation tax and changes to the way overseas profits are taxed was a big coup for the Coalition. Critics called it a "carefully stage-managed" announcement as part of Osborne's drive to show Britain was "open for business"
 But it was hardly surprising, given that the advertising giant has a seat on the HM Treasury's [[Business Forum on Tax and Competitiveness]], a talking shop where business and Treasury ministers come together ‘to discuss ways in which Government can improve the competitiveness of UK’s tax system’.
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 Sorrell admitted there had been discussions between WPP and the government "for many months, and particularly since the Davos summit".
-:The coalition from the very beginning had said it was crucially important that Britain had a competitive tax landscape," he said. "They've gone further than I expected on corporate [tax] and also on personal taxation." The higher income tax rate of 50p is expected to be cut. <ref>
+:The coalition from the very beginning had said it was crucially important that Britain had a competitive tax landscape," he said. "They've gone further than I expected on corporate [tax] and also on personal taxation." The higher income tax rate of 50p is expected to be cut. <ref> Graeme Wearden, Jill Treanor and Henry McDonald in Dublin, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/24/wpp-poised-return-uk WPP poised to return to UK – but how many are following suit?], guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 March 2011 20.50 GMT </ref>
 ===Biggest FTSE 100 user of tax havens====

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 ==Vocal on tax issues==
-Boss Martin Sorrell long made a big noise over Britain's 'uncompetitive' tax regime under the Labour government, and in 2008 he moved WPP's tax base to Ireland. So his much trumpeted promise to return to the UK after George Osborne's 2011 budget 5 per cent cut to corporation tax and the way overseas profits are taxed was a big coup for the Coalition. Critics called it a "carefully stage-managed" announcement.
+Boss Martin Sorrell long made a big noise over Britain's 'uncompetitive' tax regime under the Labour government, and in 2008 he moved WPP's tax base to Ireland. So his much trumpeted promise to return to the UK after George Osborne's 2011 budget brought in a massive 5 per cent cut to corporation tax and the way overseas profits are taxed was a big coup for the Coalition. Critics called it a "carefully stage-managed" announcement as part of Osborne's drive to show Britain was "open for business"
 But it was hardly surprising, given that the advertising giant has a seat on the HM Treasury's [[Business Forum on Tax and Competitiveness]], a talking shop where business and Treasury ministers come together ‘to discuss ways in which Government can improve the competitiveness of UK’s tax system’.
-Sorrell admitted also that there had been discussions between WPP and the government "for many months, and particularly since the Davos summit".
+Sorrell admitted there had been discussions between WPP and the government "for many months, and particularly since the Davos summit".
-:The coalition from the very beginning had said it was crucially important that Britain had a competitive tax landscape," he said. "They've gone further than I expected on corporate [tax] and also on personal taxation." The higher income tax rate of 50p is expected to be cut.
+:The coalition from the very beginning had said it was crucially important that Britain had a competitive tax landscape," he said. "They've gone further than I expected on corporate [tax] and also on personal taxation." The higher income tax rate of 50p is expected to be cut. <ref>
 ===Biggest FTSE 100 user of tax havens====

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 ==Vocal on tax issues==
-Boss Martin Sorrell has long made a big noise over Britain's 'uncompetitive' tax regime, and in 2008 he moved WPP's tax base to Ireland. So his much trumpeted promise to return to the UK after George Osborne's 2011 budget 5 per cent cut to corporation tax and the way overseas profits are taxed was a big coup for the Coalition. Critics called it a "carefully stage-managed" announcement.
+Boss Martin Sorrell long made a big noise over Britain's 'uncompetitive' tax regime under the Labour government, and in 2008 he moved WPP's tax base to Ireland. So his much trumpeted promise to return to the UK after George Osborne's 2011 budget 5 per cent cut to corporation tax and the way overseas profits are taxed was a big coup for the Coalition. Critics called it a "carefully stage-managed" announcement.
-Hardly surprising, given that the advertising giant has a seat at the HM Treasury's [[Business Forum on Tax and Competitiveness]], a talking shop where business and Treasury ministers come together ‘to discuss ways in which Government can improve the competitiveness of UK’s tax system’.
+But it was hardly surprising, given that the advertising giant has a seat on the HM Treasury's [[Business Forum on Tax and Competitiveness]], a talking shop where business and Treasury ministers come together ‘to discuss ways in which Government can improve the competitiveness of UK’s tax system’.
-===Tax avoidance====
+Sorrell admitted also that there had been discussions between WPP and the government "for many months, and particularly since the Davos summit".
 A new tax havens database compiled by the anti-poverty charity ActionAid in October 2011 revealed just how embedded the use of tax havens is in the structures of nearly all Britain’s biggest companies.

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 *[[Christopher Mackenzie]] Non-executive director
-==Tax avoidance==
+==Vocal on tax issues==
 A new tax havens database compiled by the anti-poverty charity ActionAid in October 2011 revealed just how embedded the use of tax havens is in the structures of nearly all Britain’s biggest companies.
 It found that WPP was the biggest FTSE 100 tax haven user overall with 611 tax haven companies. <ref> ActionAid [Addicted to tax havens], 11 October 2011, accessed same day </ref>
 ==Subsidiaries as of April 2010==

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 By 2010 the firm's estimated revenues were £11.6 billion. <ref> WPP, [http://www.wpp.com/annualreports/2010/how-were-doing/letter-to-share-owners/index.html Letter to Share Owners] accessed 12th December 2011 </ref>
 The global WPP group encompasses the [[J. Walter Thompson]], [[Ogilvy & Mather]], [[Tempus]], [[Grey Global]] and [[Young & Rubicam]] advertising agencies. The conglomerate also includes public relations, lobbying, media planning and buying, marketing and research services through [[Hill & Knowlton]], [[Burson-Marsteller]], [[MindShare]] and The [[Kantar Group]].
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 *[[David H Komansky]] Non-executive director
 *[[Christopher Mackenzie]] Non-executive director
 ==Subsidiaries as of April 2010==

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 ==Subsidiaries as of April 2010==
-*'''Advertising'''
+*'''Advertising''' [[ADK]] (Associate)  | [[Bates 141]] | [[Brand Buzz]] (A [[Young & Rubicam]] Brands company) | [[CHI & Partners]] (Associate)  | [[Dentsu Y&R]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company and Joint venture)  | [[Grey]] | [[ HS Ad]] | [[JWT]] | [[Ogilvy and Mather]] | [[Santo]] | [[Scangroup]] (Associate)| [[Soho Square]] | Tapsa]] | [[TAXI]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[Team Detroit]] | The  [[Jupiter Drawing Room and Partners]]  | [[United Network]] | [[Y and R]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company)
-[[ADK]] (Associate)  | [[Bates 141]] | [[Brand Buzz]] (A [[Young & Rubicam]] Brands company) | [[CHI & Partners]] (Associate)  | [[Dentsu Y&R]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company and Joint venture)  | [[Grey]] | [[ HS Ad]] | [[JWT]] | [[Ogilvy and Mather]] | [[Santo]] | [[Scangroup]] (Associate)| [[Soho Square]] | Tapsa]] | [[TAXI]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[Team Detroit]] | The  [[Jupiter Drawing Room and Partners]]  | [[United Network]] | [[Y and R]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company)
+*'''Media Investment Management''' [[GroupM]] | [[Maxus]] | [[MediaCom]] | [[MEC]] | [[Mindshare]] | [[Outrider]] | [[Catalyst]]
-*'''Media Investment Management'''
+*'''Other media agencies''' [[KR Media]] (Associate) | [[tenthavenue]] | [[Kinetic Worldwide]] | [[Quisma]]  | [[Spafax]] |
-[[GroupM]] | [[Maxus]] | [[MediaCom]] | [[MEC]] | [[Mindshare]] | [[Outrider]] | [[Catalyst]]
+*'''Consumer Insight ''' [[Kantar]]  | [[Added Value]] | [[Center Partners]] | [[IMRB International]] | [[Kantar Health]] | [[Kantar Japan]] | [[Kantar Media]] | [[Kantar Operations]] | [[Kantar Retail]] | [[Kantar Worldpanel]] | [[Lightspeed Research]] | [[Millward Brown]] | The [[Futures Company]] | [[TNS]]
-*'''Other media agencies'''
+*'''Other marketing consultancies''' [[Everystone]]  (A Brand Union Company) |  [[ohal]]
-[[KR Media]] (Associate) | [[tenthavenue]] | [[Kinetic Worldwide]] | [[Quisma]]  | [[Spafax]]
+*'''Public Relations & Public Affairs''' [[Blanc & Otus]] (A [[Hill and Knowlton]] Company) |  [[Buchanan Communications]] | [[Burson-Marsteller]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[Chime Communications PLC]] (Associate) | [[Clarion Communications]] | [[Cohn and Wolfe]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[Dewey Square Group]] | [[Finsbury]] | [[Hill and Knowlton]] | [[Ogilvy Government Relations]] | [[Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide]] | The [[PBN Company]] (Associate) | [[Penn Schoen Berland]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[Prime Policy Group]] | [[Public Strategies]] (A [[Hill and Knowlton]] Company)  | [[Quinn Gillespie]] | [[Robinson Lerer & Montgomery]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company)| [[Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates]] (A [[Hill and Knowlton]] Company)
-Consumer Insight
+*'''Branding & Identity''' [[Addison Corporate Marketing]] (A member of B to D Group) | [[BDGMcColl]] | [[BDGworkfutures]] | [[Coley Porter Bell]] | [[Dovetail]] | [[FITCH]] (A member of B to D Group) | [[Lambie-Nairn]] (A member of B to D Group) | [[Landor Associates]] (A member of B to D Group and A Young & Rubicam Brands company)  | [[PeclersParis]] (A member of B to D Group)  | The  [[Brand Union]] (A member of B to D Group) | [[The Partners]] (A member of B to D Group)  | [[VBAT]] (A member of B to D Group)
-[[Kantar]]  | [[Added Value]] | [[Center Partners]] | [[IMRB International]] | [[Kantar Health]] | [[Kantar Japan]] | [[Kantar Media]] | [[Kantar Operations]] | [[Kantar Retail]] | [[Kantar Worldpanel]] | [[Lightspeed Research]] | [[Millward Brown]] | The [[Futures Company]] | [[TNS]]
+*'''Healthcare Communications''' [[Feinstein Kean Healthcare]] (An Ogilvy Company) | [[GCI Health]] | [[ghg]] | [[Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide]] | [[Sudler and Hennessey]]  (A Young & Rubicam Brands company)
-*'''Other marketing consultancies'''
+*'''Direct, Digital, Promotion & Relationship Marketing'''[[A. Eicoff & Co]] | [[Actis Systems]] (Part of the Wunderman network) | [[AGENDA]] (Part of the Wunderman network) | [Aqua Online]] (Part of the Wunderman network) | [[Blast Radius]] (Part of the Wunderman network) | [[Brierley and Partners]] (Associate)  | [[Designkitchen]] (Part of the Wunderman network) | [[Dialogue 141]] | [[Digit]] | [[EWA]] | [[FullSIX]] | [[Grassroots]] (Associate) | [[G2]] | [[Headcount Worldwide Field Marketing]] | [[High Co]] (Associate)  | [[Kassius]] (Part of the Wunderman network) | [[KMB Group]] (Part of the Wunderman network) | [[Mando]] | [[Maxx Marketing]] | [[OgilvyAction]] | [[OgilvyOne Worldwide]] | [[OgilvyAction Sports and Entertainment Marketing]] | [[OOT]] | RTCM]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[Smollan Group]] (Associate) | [[Studiocom]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[These Days]] (Part of the Wunderman network) | [[Vice Media]] (Investment) | [[VML]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[Wunderman]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[ZAAZ]] (Part of the Wunderman network)
 *'''Specialist Communications'''
-**'''Corporate/B2B''', [[Ogilvy Primary Contact]] | '''Custom Media''', [[Forward]] | '''Demographic Marketing''', The [[Bravo Group]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company)  | [[Kang and Lee]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[Mosaica MD]] | [[UniWorld]] | [[WING]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company)  | '''Employer branding/recruitment''', [[JWT Inside]] |  '''Event/face-to-face marketing''', [[MJM]] | [[Metro]] | '''Foodservice Marketing''', The [[Food Group]] |  '''Sports Marketing''', [[PRISM Group]] | '''Entertainment Marketing'''
+**'''Corporate/B2B''', [[Ogilvy Primary Contact]] |
-[[Alliance]] | Youth marketing, The [[Geppetto Group]] | '''Real Estate marketing''' [[Pace]] | '''Technology Marketing''', [[Banner Corporation]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company)  | '''Media & Production Services''', The [[Farm Group]] | [[Hogarth Worldwide]] (Joint Venture) | [[Imagina]] (Investment) | [[MRC]] (Investment) | The [[Weinstein Company]]  (Investment) |
+**'''Custom Media''', [[Forward]] |
-**'''WPP Digital'''
+**'''Demographic Marketing''', The [[Bravo Group]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company)  | [[Kang and Lee]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company) | [[Mosaica MD]] | [[UniWorld]] | [[WING]] (A Young & Rubicam Brands company)  |
 [[24/7 Real Media]] | [[Blue State Digital]] | [[Deliver]] | [[Fabric Worldwide]] (Investmetn) | [[iconmobile]] (Associate) | [[Johannes Leonardo]] (Investment) | [[Possible Worldwide]] | [[Syzygy]]  (Associate)| The [[Media Innovation Group]] | [[True Worldwide]] (Investment)
-**'''WPP Digital partner companies'''
+*'''WPP Digital partner companies'''
 [[Ace Metrix]] (Investment)  | [[Buddy Media]] (Investment)  | [[eCommera]] (Investment) | [[HDT Holdings Technology]] (Investment)  | [[In Game Ad Interactive]] (Investment) | [[Invidi]] (Investment) | [[Jumptap]] (Investment) | [[LiveWorld]] (Investment) | [[Moment Systems]] (Investment) | [[Proclivity]] (Investment) | [[Sat Media]] (Investment) | [[Visible Technologies]] (Associate) | [[Visible World]] (Investment) | [[Wild Tangent]]  (Investment) | [[Yield Software]] (Investment)
-**'''WPP Knowledge Community''' [[The Store]] <ref> WPP, [http://www.wpp.com/annualreports/2010/overview/who-we-are/our-companies--associates.html Annual Report 2010] accessed 12th December 2011 </ref>
+*'''WPP Knowledge Community''' [[The Store]] <ref> WPP, [http://www.wpp.com/annualreports/2010/overview/who-we-are/our-companies--associates.html Annual Report 2010] accessed 12th December 2011 </ref>
 In 2008, WPP was listed as a member of the [[American Benefits Council]]<ref>American Benefits Council [http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/about/memberlist.cfm Memberships] Accessed 26th February 2008</ref>