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Beaver Talk


Beavers help dementia sufferers
Beavers are proving beneficial in so many ways, especially to sufferers of dementia.
Aug 72 min read


Euro beaver populations fight back
Beaver populations, 1900 compared to 2021. After centuries of intensive hunting for their fur, meat and castoreum, as well as widespread wetland destruction, fewer than 2,000 Eurasian beavers remained.
Jul 241 min read


Steve McQueen beaver finds love
A great beaver escapee, nicknamed Steve McQueen by his keepers after his numerous breakouts from his enclosure at Wallington in Northumberland, has found his soulmate.
Jul 172 min read


Beavers discovered at nature reserve
For the first time, busy beavers have been spotted at a nature reserve in Hampshire. Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, near Ringwood, is the lucky location.
Jun 191 min read


If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call: Beavers!
Those living around West London's Greenford Tube station knew who to call when heavy rain caused it to close: beavers.
Jun 122 min read


The greatest bank robbery of all time: Bank of England charged with serious omission
The beaver has not been shortlisted for the selection of wildlife, native to the UK, that will appear on the next series of banknotes.
Jun 92 min read


UK government helps tax avoidance, or does it?
A government chatbot is allegedly helping users avoid tax.
Jun 22 min read


Shocking news as beavers move north
The team at GetBertie is shocked to hear that beavers are on the move to the Arctic.
May 281 min read


Spanish government line-up to have a pop at Shakira again
Superstar Shakira recently won back the huge sum of €55 million from the Spanish tax authorities (see our previous blog), but that decision may now be reversed. A court in Madrid has ordered Spain's main tax authority to return the money, ruling that it was improperly obtained during a dispute over her 2011 taxes. The case centred on how long the Colombian singer was a full resident in Spain. Now comes news that Spain plans to challenge the Shakira ruling. The Spanish newspap
May 281 min read


Spanish court orders 55 million euro tax refund to Shakira
Pop star Shakira has won back the huge sum of €55 million from the Spanish tax authorities.
A court in Madrid has ordered Spain's tax authority to return the money, ruling that it was improperly obtained during a dispute over her 2011 taxes.
May 192 min read


Burnham frightens the top income earners with tax talk
The right-wing press is starting early with the Labour leader hopeful Andy Burnham horror stories.
May 181 min read


OMG - AI to be let loose on our tax returns
News has reached us that our tax returns may now be the plaything of Microsoft's AI Copilot.
May 52 min read
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