Scrutineer: Driving business away

NOW the word (unconfirmed officially) is that Aberdeen Asset Management is keeping its taxation domicile under review. Perhaps not a torrent, but it is becoming quite a list of UK plcs chafing at the shackles of high corporate taxation.

Banking giant HSBC mentioned a year ago that it was only sensible for any big multi-national to keep its location arrangements under review for taxation purposes. But things have moved on.

No longer does it look like vague corporate sabre-rattling...