Two of Britain’s richest real estate investors have ditched the UK as their home territory, the latest departures among the country’s elite as the nation hits wealthy residents with tax hikes.
  • @tetris11@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12•18 days ago

    Isn’t one of the privileges of wealth that you can live where you want to, not where you can afford to?

    So if you like living in a first world country, why not just pay the extra tax and stay there?

    Words paraphrased from a Mitchell&Webb sketch

  • LasherzEnglish
    7•18 days ago

    If they’re so worried about rich flight, why don’t they seize their assets or nationalize their companies if they do? Thanks for our warehouses asshole

  • @dwazou@lemm.eeEnglish
    6•17 days ago

    They own the following :

    • Atlas Hotels, a hotel real estate and operating company with 46 hotels across the UK

    • David Lloyd Leisure, a gym and health club company with 85 locations across the UK and Europe

    • London Hilton on Park Lane

    • The Trafalgar St. James London

    • The Lensbury

    • The Panama Pacifico, a US$700 million mini-city on the banks of the Panama Canal[3]

    • General Healthcare Group, the UK’s leading private health provider with 67 hospitals

    • 90 private care homes

    • Crowne Plaza hotel in Cambridge

    • The Empire, Leicester Square

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_%26_Regional_Properties

  • PsaldornEnglish
    3•17 days ago

    Oh no, this will affect me in so many ways… checks list

    Oh. Actually… they can fuck off I guess. Couple more billionaire slots have opened up!