52,000 UK properties ‘still owned anonymously’, despite new transparency law
Around half of registrable firms have failed to comply with UK's new rules around transparency, new analysis suggests.
Around half of registrable firms have failed to comply with UK's new rules around transparency, new analysis suggests.
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