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The AgendaTop tips for securing EMI option tax treatment ahead of your saleListen in to Matthew Rowbotham and Kathy Granby discuss top tips for securing EMI option tax treatment ahead of a company sale. They highlight the benefits of EMI options, common pitfalls in implementation, and the importance of early planning and accurate documentation. Key advice includes obtaining specialist legal support, ensuring proper valuation agreements, and maintaining meticulous records to avoid costly mistakes during due diligence. 2024-10-1814 minThe AgendaTalking Tax & Incentives - An introduction to share incentivesKathy Granby and Matthew Rowbotham, both Partners in our Tax, Rewards and Incentives team join us for the second in their podcast series to discuss share options and incentives.Share incentives are commonly used as a recruitment or retention tool by all types of companies. from startups to large multinationals both private and listed. But what’s the difference between share incentives, share schemes and share plans? From LTIPs and MIPs to EMIs and CSOPs – Kathy and Matt demystify the world of share incentives and highlight key considerations for private companies thinking about share incentives for the firs...2024-04-1821 minThe AgendaTalking Tax & Incentives - What is an employee ownership trust and how does it work?Kathy Granby and Matthew Rowbotham from our Tax, Rewards and Incentives team discuss the increasing popularity of moving to employee ownership, with a focus on Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs). 2024-02-1321 min
Cracked SpinesEpisode 11: You Don't Love Me YetIn this episode, I read You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem. No, I don't. That's it. I can't be bothered to write any more about it.
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...we're doomed.
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2020-09-0718 minCracked SpinesEpisode 9: The Widows of EastwickIn this episode, I read The Widows of Eastwick, the final novel by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike. Reading this with no context was like if the first Marvel related property you ever experienced was Endgame, if Endgame wasn't a billion dollar capstone to a major blockbuster franchise but a book about three women decades after the story in which they originally debuted. In other news, today I learned that I'm not great at making comparisons.
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Anchor - https://anchor.fm/cracked-spines2020-08-2418 minCracked SpinesEpisode 7: Pride and PromiscuityIn this episode, I read Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen, by Arielle Eckstut, Dennis Ashton, and David Washburn. Poor Jane Austen. She didn't make strides in female authorship in the 18th and 19th centuries just to end up on the bum end of bad fanfiction. Thank God the Bronte sisters have been spared... I think. I'm scared to see if any exist for them.
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PocketCasts...2020-08-1019 minCracked SpinesEpisode 5: Women Who WorkIn this episode, I read Women Who Work, a self help book for working class women by Ivanka Trump, who is definitely the voice that every working class woman wants to hear when they need advice for how to be a better worker. Definitely. Also this book cost me $15 dollars, so I think that's the real advice here: charge more than $10 for a book of inspirational quotes.
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PocketCasts - h...2020-07-2719 minCracked SpinesEpisode 3: Pride/PrejudiceIn this episode, I read Pride/Prejudice, a Pride and Prejudice fan fiction by Ann Herendeen. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good podcast, must be in want of a book to read. This... this isn't it though. Oh my God is this not it.
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PocketCasts...2020-07-2021 minCracked SpinesEpisode 2: OroonokoIn this episode, I review Oroonoko by Aphra Behn, a 1688 novel about slavery. If "it's not as bad as it could have been" is the best thing that I can say about your book, then... yeah, we're in for a bit of a doozy here.
To offset the ickiness that I felt reading this book, especially in the current climate, I feel the need to ask you to donate to a charity, or sign a petition, or do... something, anything, to help society. A list of charities and petitions can be found here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co...2020-07-1315 minCracked SpinesEpisode 1: The Kingdoms and the Elves of the ReachesIn this first episode, I review The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches by Robert Stanek, and if you started falling asleep at the title alone, then I don't know what to tell you about the book itself. I'd put some more effort into this description, but why should I? Stanek certainly didn't.
Also, I kept estimating that these episodes would be a half hour long? Um... oops.
Goodreads link for the book here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13617400-the-kingdoms-and-the-elves-of-the-reaches
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