The Paradise Papers are in the news but some of the information being leaked does not seem to be correct. They claim Apple changed domicle to Jersey yet the Irish entity still exists & has not changed it's status to foreign and there is no company entity called Apple incorporated in Jersey. The Panorama programme stated that Apple's registered office in Jersey was at the Appleby offices - there is no Apple company registered there or in Jersey so not true.

Toys R Us Administration and Maplin Electronic administration

Monarch Airlines Ltd goes into adminsitration. The following companies are affected by the group adminsitration Monarch Holdings Ltd, Monarch Travel Group Ltd, First Aviation Ltd, Avro Ltd, Avro Aviation Ltd, MH Aviation Transport Ltd, Monarch Holidays Ltd, Somewhere2Stay Ltd, Monarch 2011 Ltd and Monarch Airlines Ltd

Birmingham city council was spending on average £3k per month on coffee with Starbucks. In times of governmental austerity, is that excessive?

Florida Company Data
We've added another 7.3 million company records for Florida covering current and historic corporations. Additionally we've addedd a further 8.6 million event records covering Floridian entities. We're another step closer to having all of the USA covered!

As always, the power of Datalog is we cross match these records against companies in other states allowing patterns and relationships to be discovered. HOCKEY HOLDINGS, LLC in Parkland, Florida is a popular company listing already.

Delaware Company Data
We're gradually cracking the secretive state of Delaware to find information about companies in this tax haven. By cross matching we've found information on company officers, income and more. Fedex is headquartered in Delaware - presumably for tax reasons. Although there are vitually no disclosure requirements for Delaware corporations, you'll see what we've found on Fedex, Hertz, Oxford House and more. Facebook UK paid £ 4,327 corporation tax for 2014 with a turnover of £ 104M.
Want to find out more about Facebook? Take a look at their latest accounts for the UK subsidiary.

USA State of Iowa
We've found new data to bring the State of Iowa to life. We're adding details of government spend with Iowa companies to show their sources of income.

The bulk of public sector spend is with community organisations:

Company	Government income
PETERSON CONTRACTORS INC	USD $369,844,130
DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA	USD $154,514,730
IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION	USD $135,827,270
UNITED CONTRACTORS INC	USD $82,076,093
AMERIGROUP IOWA INC	USD $76,246,770
TELLIGEN INC	USD $72,973,964
WESTERN ENGINEERING COMPANY INC	USD $69,237,294
HEARTLAND ASPHALT INC	USD $66,512,710
KREGN INC	USD $44,763,298
LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA, INC.	USD $42,517,059

Offshore Company Formation
Read our article on offshore company formation where we explore the pro's and con's of offshore companies including territories like Delaware which you won't normally think of as a tax haven!

USA State of Colorado
We've added details of security charges (commercial property purchases, transfers and disposals) for Colorado companies based in Denver. Denver government spend with corporations as well as data on company tradenames and trademarks.

UK Winding Up Orders
Our analysis of historical petitions to wind up a company, reveals that HMRC is the biggest threat to a company. HMRC raised 720 out of the 1,560 petitions we looked at (46%). If you want to stay in business - make sure you pay the tax man!

Availability of funding for business is frequently mentioned in the news. Take a look at our detailed analysis of all mortgage charges registered with Companies House. Availability of funding for small businesses doesn't seem to be the issue which is portrayed in the media.