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Interview

FD Interview: Rachel Osborne

Rachel Osborne tells Financial Director how John Lewis is tapping into multi-format shopping

26 Apr 2012

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Feature

Emerging markets: Mind the working capital gap

As the centre of world trade shifts so will working capital, explains REL's Daniel Windaus

05 Apr 2012

Feature

The cure for all ills?

Credit-easing measures should provide much needed finance for small businesses, but is it a long-term panacea? Martin Morris reports

22 Feb 2012

Opinion

Unlocking mid market innovation

It’s time to boost the UK economy with an innovation revolution, writes David Gill

13 Dec 2011

Opinion

Lucky dip credit ratings

Without a uniform set of rules or criteria, credit ratings for Britain's businesses are, and will remain, a lucky dip, writes Bobby Lane

25 Nov 2011

Blog

SME Funding – unwilling banks or uninvestable business plans?

Is the root cause an unwillingness to lend or the lack of investable business plans?

25 Nov 2011

Web seminar

Thinking outside the box when it comes to cash flow management

Our experts provide practical solutions to a number of challenges associated with successful cash management

24 Oct 2011

Blog

SME Exchange: The wisdom of a cautious approach to lending

Without proper business planning, financing will not be made available, no matter how generous the banks are feeling

05 Oct 2011

Feature

Finance in the firing line

More FDs are finding they need to learn how to survive – and thrive – in a world economy where volatility looks like becoming the norm

27 Sep 2011

Feature

Climb every mountain

UK corporates are sitting on more cash than they did before the financial crisis. Richard Crump looks at what FDs are doing with it

27 Sep 2011

Blog

Business Matters: Building home team advantage

London markets are focused on providing capital to foreign entities rather than to British industry

12 Sep 2011

Opinion

Dilution solutions

Using an equity financing facility is one way to minimise dilution for existing shareholders when raising funds

30 Aug 2011

Blog

The Entrepreneur’s FD: The cap-ex conundrum

Justifying capital expenditure projects is proving difficult for manufacturing FDs

09 Aug 2011

Blog

Deputy editor's blog: Rejoice! It isn’t that bad

Rising profits and health dividends from UK corporates belie the pervading mood of economic gloom

04 Aug 2011

Blog

Business Matters: A rare commodity

As raising equity capital becomes cheaper, debt finance looks to become a rarer commodity

01 Aug 2011

Feature

Creativity counts in corporate finance

Financial Director’s panel of experts consider the route map ahead for corporate finance from both traditional and alternative sources

07 Jul 2011

Web seminar

The reformation of UK corporate finance

Financial Director's expert panel considers the route map ahead for corporate finance from both traditional and alternative sources

13 Jun 2011

Opinion

'The world is going shopping' - overseas

Corporate debt is out, and investment in R&D is back in favour among FDs as UK companies look to expand over the next year. Katrina Cliffe analyses the results of the latest Amex CFO survey

13 Jun 2011

News

SME funding under EFG scheme hits new low

Lending under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme has halved since Q1 2010

31 May 2011

Blog

Editor's blog: Strong arming the banks

FDs and companies are reluctant to change their bankers - time to get aggressive

25 May 2011

Upcoming Events

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8.30am, Thu 14 Jun 2012

Financial Director Summit 2012

The Financial Director Summit 2012 will provide a unique platform in which to share, compare and contrast experiences whilst learning and networking with peers

Latest Opinion

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Acquisition booby traps

The acquisition trail is littered with potential pitfalls for the unwary finance director, but how do you avoid them?

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Latest Analysis

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

The VAT trap

Companies could find their VAT costs creeping up unchecked with little or no strategy in place to address it

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