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Analysis

A Budget for business

Osborne said the government ‘unashamedly backs business’ but did the Budget deliver on his claim?

26 Mar 2012

George Osborne looking through a telescope

Opinion

Beware the fiscal crash

Weak growth trends threaten to undermine the objective of putting the public sector back on a sustainable footing

06 Jan 2012

News

AS2011: Boost to EFG scheme

EFG to be expanded to businesses with turnover of £44m

29 Nov 2011

Opinion

Manufacturing must lead the recovery

UK manufacturing was packed up and shipped to China in the 1980s, yet it remains the basis for economic recovery

06 Jun 2011

Feature

Maternity rights can cost some companies dear

Critics argue smaller companies should be exempt from maternity rights while under pressure

20 May 2011

Feature

English enterprise zones leave FDs cold

Finance directors are not won over by the government’s plans to boost growth

15 Apr 2011

Analysis

Budget offers hope for green business

Whether intended or not, policies in the Budget will benefit green companies

15 Apr 2011

Feature

Green fleet is still on government's agenda

Despite the cut in fuel duty, the government is pushing greener company car fleets

15 Apr 2011

Opinion

Osborne's Budget is a case of dreams versus reality

The 2011 Budget was a statement of intent that still glosses over the structural facts of a post-recession economy

15 Apr 2011

Opinion

WPP redomiciling: Where is the quid pro quo?

Jaimie Kaffash on the pointlessness of attracting WPP and chums home if they do not create jobs here in return for a better tax climate

01 Apr 2011

Opinion

The Budget 2011 – a plan for growth, or a hope for growth?

Financial Director's resident tax expert responds to the plan for growth laid out in the Budget

24 Mar 2011

News

Budget 2011: live coverage

Financial Director is tweeting live on the 2011 Budget

23 Mar 2011

Opinion

George Osborne needs to have nerve

The rookie chancellor also requires good fortune in order to enjoy policy success in 2011

24 Jan 2011

Opinion

Helping the eurozone is good for the UK

Assisting failing members of the currency union is a sound self-preservation strategy

20 Dec 2010

News

Cameron and Osborne 'weak', according to King leak

Bank of England governor concerned by lack of experience

01 Dec 2010

News

Britain to contribute £7bn to Ireland bailout

Conservative MP John Redwood says UK should not be involved

22 Nov 2010

Opinion

Comprehensive Spending Review answers few questions

It will be politics, not economics, that will determine if cuts made now instead of later were the right move

22 Nov 2010

Analysis

CRC scheme becomes ‘green tax’

The decision to re-route scheme revenue into the public purse raises hackles

22 Nov 2010

Analysis

Ireland faces up to bailout reality

The bailout of the Irish banking system is suddenly real - and the only people who don’t accept that are the country’s governors

22 Nov 2010

News

Posen warns spending review will stifle growth

UK economy to take "material" hit from government cuts

29 Oct 2010

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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

Business' best friend

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

Cutting electronic systems down to size

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

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

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

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