'Tax is taxing. The diversification and demise of the shipbroking firm of Eggar Forrester' in D J Starkey & H Murphy (eds), Beyond Shipping and Shipbuilding. Britain's ancillary maritime interests in the twentieth century
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- Author(s) Golding, J C
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 2007
- Publisher Hull University
- Place Published Hull
Topics:
- Name Taxation inc customs, excise, stamp duties, etc: imposition & impact
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of businesses
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Concerns the activities of Eggar Forrester, 1966-86, 'not atypical' in London shipbroking in the 1960s, aiming to explain why it evolved into what was primarily a tax avoidance operation and how this brought about its demise as a shipbroker. Organised in three parts, 1] the business environment in which the firm operated including the contraction of British shipowning and the prevailing high taxation regimes; 2] the firm's response to the opportunities presented; 3] factors leading to its demise