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New DueDil feature takes the pain out of company compliance

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One that got away… The largest source of private company information in the UK and Ireland, DueDil has really changed the business information sector by enabling anyone to access up-to-date information on all companies and directors – a service which was previously tortuous and expensive.

Company Data Disruptor DueDil Raises $17M To Go Global | TechCrunch #toomanygreatbusinessesnotenoughtimeorcapital ;)

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The FTSE100 Tax Havens

If you picked up a paper today, you will have seen the storm surrounding the FTSE 100 tax ‘dodgers’.  The Guardian, The Telegraph, Metro, and The Independent all reported on the scandle which suggests that some of the FTSE 100 companies are involved in tax evasion.

Finally, last night ActionAid sent out a press release stating that:

The FTSE 100 largest groups registered on the London Stock Exchange comprise 34,216 subsidiary companies, joint ventures and associates. - 38% (8,492) of their overseas companies are located in tax havens.

98 groups declared tax haven companies, with only two groups, Fresnillo and Hargreaves Landsdown, who did not.

The banking sector makes heaviest use of tax havens, with a total of 1,649 tax haven companies between the ‘big four’ banks. They are by far the biggest users of the Cayman Islands, where Barclays alone has 174 companies.

The biggest tax haven user overall is the advertising company WPP, which has 611 tax haven companies.

The FTSE 100 companies make much more use of tax havens than their American equivalents.

There are over 600 FTSE 100 subsidiary companies in Jersey (more than in the whole of China), 400 in the Cayman Islands and 300 in Luxembourg – all tiny tax havens. Included was an interactive map showing each of these companies and how they are spread across the world.

From here you can move around the world and click on any of the countries you like, to see a list of the companies registered here. Personally though, we think the A-Z list is more useful.

Here you can see a list of every company, and click through to see more. But then what? How can you get real tangible information on what’s happening? Click the handy little Duedil link-

This will take you straight through to the company’s Duedil profile, which has been extended to include ActionAid related data. You can do this for any of the companies listed by ActionAid.

If you have a project which requires serious data wrangling, please get in touch. We will never take sides on an issue, but we will give you the facts.

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Duedil Nets New Round of Funding!

Duedil, the world’s largest database of free company financials, has just finalised a second round investment from Jonty Hurwitz, the founding CTO of Wonga. Duedil currently offers a vast array of company data for free, and has ambitious plans to revolutionise the way business information is accessed and used.

With an eye for the next big thing, Hurwitz sees the vast potential for business growth in big data analytics. He will bring both his technical and strategic expertise to Duedil, which he hopes will develop into the premiere source of business information in the world.

Since launching in April 2011, Duedil has proven to be one of the most exciting and disruptive startups in London. Duedil is the largest database of free company financials in the world. It aggregates over 30 billion data points to bring indispensable information on every company & director in the UK & Ireland, for free.

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Duedil - beyond the hype, they're still really cool

I took some time to have a good look at the Duedil app yesterday. These guys have been getting quite a bit of good press in the London scene recently and have amassed a bunch of advocates from London startup community, as well as a number of nominations from the Open Coffee lot as one of the top 3 London companies of the moment, in a recent thread.

So, I signed up and had a look. And was really impressed.

If you've never used the Companies House online services (if you can call it that), then you'll be somewhat forgiven for wondering what the hell all the fuss is about. If you have used it, you'll think this is the coolest thing since sliced bread.

OK, now this isn't an app review. 

Instead, I wanted to take a minute to mention my experience, because I would call it that.

On Duedil, they've got a little chat thing that pops up with a fairly welcoming and open ended call to action. Don't know why, but I just felt compelled to type something. I think I just put something like 

Hey guys, just wanted to say well done on the app. Great design and really well executed.

Following that initial comment, I ended up having a very enjoyable little chatter with some dude called Jasper who worked there. I asked about an API (because it would kick ass for mysparebrain) and the response was positive.

I was informed that they've had a lot of interest, they can't say when it'll be ready, but it's coming. Awesome. 

I took it a step further to request something a little more technical. 

Can I request Auth2.0 protocol for Authentication and JSONP for data exchange?

A little silence.

Then Jasper came back, saying he'd spoken with the development team and that it had been added as a feature  / technical request.

Nice Jasper.

Anyway, some general chitter chatter later, I felt very positive towards these guys. There was no sell, no trying to get me to do something, give something, buy something. Just genuinely interested chat.

Very refreshing, compelled to share.

Oh, and the next version of the app is supposedly imminent, so definitely keeping an eye open for that.