{"id":51046,"date":"2017-04-06T00:56:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/foreign-firms-with-uk-property-could-be-forced-to-reveal-real-owners\/"},"modified":"2017-04-06T01:10:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T18:10:02","slug":"foreign-firms-with-uk-property-could-be-forced-to-reveal-real-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/foreign-firms-with-uk-property-could-be-forced-to-reveal-real-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign firms with UK property could be forced to reveal real owners"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGovernment plans public register of \u2018beneficial owners\u2019 of firms in move to combat money laundering and corruption Overseas companies holding property in the UK could be required to declare who really controls them under government plans to crack down on corruption and money laundering.The business minister Margot James has set out plans for what was said to be the world\u2019s first public register of the \u201cbeneficial owners\u201d of foreign companies and other legal entities with property in Britain. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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