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Business recovery
This year, Mario Puzo's The Godfather is 35 years old. At first glance, it is a story about crime, murder and cruelty to animals, but it is also about how to run a business. Tom Berry examines the lessons it provides on good business practice, where survival is about more than just staying in the black.
02 Mar 2004
The new administration process introduced by the Enterprise Act 2002 can be a corporate knight in shining armour for companies and their management teams. Not only can it save a company from going bust, it can also save financial directors from personal liability. The trick is to file early - before it's too late.
28 Apr 2003
Engineering business Faux Components went bankrupt because its IT security was lax. Hackers stole its staff, its plans, its customers, and finally its cash, so it had no money to pursue them. Luckily, this cautionary tale is pure fiction. And you can prevent it coming true.
30 Aug 2002
A hostile predator can spend months analysing your financial and competitive position, then launch a takeover bid for your company when you least expect it and you're at your most vulnerable - possibly leaving you just 14 days in which to lodge a cogent defence of your track record. But you can prepare now - and that advice might make sense even if you aren't the group FD of a quoted company.
31 May 2002
The last nine months or so have been interesting. Late last summer, just as we were all wondering whether we might sidestep a recession, our senses and thoughts were bludgeoned by the sight of two airliners destroying a New York City landmark and thousands of lives.
31 May 2002
It has long been obvious that companies should protect their competitive advantage by patenting their best ideas. However, the full-scale exploitation of a widening range of patents, from services to methodologies, is just catching on.
05 Apr 2002
More than 300,000 US criminal defendants lost their bail bonds after LA-based Amwest Surety Insurance and its subsidiary, Far West Insurance, were declared insolvent in December 2001.
05 Jan 2002
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