英国から他国に拠点を移した企業は他にも広告大手のWPP、保険会社の RSA Insuranceが挙げられ、リテール大手のKingfisherは検討中ということです。隣国のアイルランドが税金の面で競争力を持っているようです。アイルランドも金融立国として競争力をつけてきた国だけに、今回の金融危機から受けた打撃は英国と同様に大きかったはずですが、騒ぎが収まったとき "when the dust settles..." 英国よりも有利な立場にいる可能性がありますね、、。
税金対策で拠点を移すことを次のように表現します。
move/change/switch (its) tax domicile
move/change/switch (its) tax base
relocate/shift (its) headquarters for tax reasons
Many UK companies in UK including in the pharma-sector such as Shire have changed its tax domiciles recently.
Kingfisher, the owner of the B&Q home improvement chain and the UK’s second- biggest non-food retailer, is considering shifting its tax domicile overseas.
WPP is moving its tax domicile from the UK.
WPP would be the latest UK-based group to shift its domicile – or to consider doing so – because of complaints about the British tax system’s waning competitiveness.
PwC, auditor to Kingfisher, is reviewing the benefits of moving the tax base.
A fledgling British biotech company is to shift its headquarters to Belgium.
（fledgilingは、「駆け出しの」という意味です。）
ついでに、”-based”という使い方も覚えてしまいましょう！
UK-based company
Tokyo-based company
税金対策で拠点を移すことを次のように表現します。
move/change/switch (its) tax domicile
move/change/switch (its) tax base
relocate/shift (its) headquarters for tax reasons
Many UK companies in UK including in the pharma-sector such as Shire have changed its tax domiciles recently.
Kingfisher, the owner of the B&Q home improvement chain and the UK’s second- biggest non-food retailer, is considering shifting its tax domicile overseas.
WPP is moving its tax domicile from the UK.
WPP would be the latest UK-based group to shift its domicile – or to consider doing so – because of complaints about the British tax system’s waning competitiveness.
PwC, auditor to Kingfisher, is reviewing the benefits of moving the tax base.
A fledgling British biotech company is to shift its headquarters to Belgium.
（fledgilingは、「駆け出しの」という意味です。）
ついでに、”-based”という使い方も覚えてしまいましょう！
UK-based company
Tokyo-based company