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Analysis

Pounds and sense – looking back at the 25 years that shaped business

In this magazine’s 25-year life it has reported on a host of economic travails, ­ but the boom of the Thatcher era and the dawn of the internet still shape business today.

13 Sep 2009

Feature

FD Report: Go with the flow - getting to grips with cash flow forecasting

With capital at a premium, FDs have to act quickly to get a grasp on cash management and the related risks ­ or face being left dead in the water. To download a full pdf of this feature, click on Financial Director Special Report - Cash Flow

25 May 2009

Opinion

Editor's letter: Commons sense - an exercise in public humiliation

To be honest, I came at this with a sense of diminished expectations. When politicians start looking at business issues, you have to be ready for some cringeworthy comments.

23 May 2009

Analysis

Governance rules OK: A look back over the last 25 years

Pulping half the rainforest to print ever more governance guidelines has not stopped companies and directors making bad decisions or committing fraud

23 Mar 2009

Analysis

British roulette – the risk control system

The finance director’s responsibility for risk management is under fire.

23 Feb 2009

Feature

2008 was 'annus horribilis' for the share price index

It has been a dire year for the FTSE-100, with just seven companies raising their share prices in 2008’s value exodus, while others dropped out of the index altogether.

26 Jan 2009

Analysis

FSA issues suspension warning

Directors cannot expect the regulator to step in to protect their share price just because of harsh trading conditions

23 Dec 2008

Analysis

December Update: Essential News

Eurozone GDP shrinks, redundancies at UK pharmaceuticals companies, BA sees pre-tax profit slump, plus Technical Update, and more

24 Nov 2008

Analysis

Taxpayer bailout to help stricken UK banks

A cheque for £37bn signed by the UK taxpayer was handed over to the stricken UK banking sector in early October by Messrs King, Brown and Darling “to support stability in the financial system”.

27 Oct 2008

Analysis

Listed UK companies top climate change governance table

Research shows top UK companies are global leaders when it comes to climate change disclosure and governance

27 Oct 2008

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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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