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Feature

Outsourcing: Beyond cost savings

Businesses that consider outsourcing through the lens of cost reduction alone will miss benefits which could yield further contributions, writes Shan Ali

26 Mar 2012

Sharing the burden

Feature

Share the burden

A shared services model will do much more than reduce costs, writes Joe Kelly

26 Jan 2012

Feature

Keeping the outsourcing lifeboat afloat

If you intend to join the risk-takers on the river of no return, there are a few things you need to do to ensure your journey doesn’t end in disaster, says Philip Lieberman

25 Jul 2011

Web seminar

Payroll outsourcing: looking beyond the initial cost savings

Siobhan Riley, general manager at Sage Outsource Services, and Susan Wright, head of human resources at GL Hearn, discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing your payroll function

29 Mar 2011

News

Serco FD in climbdown on supplier rebate

Company "deeply regrets" 2.5 percent call

01 Nov 2010

News

Business groups react to Spending Review announcements

Taxation reform worries remain high on agenda while outsourcing companies prepare for an onslaught - of new business from the public sector, that is

20 Oct 2010

News

BT cements long term IT outsourcing deal with UK government

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude gives green light to efficiency plans

15 Oct 2010

Analysis

Outsourcing data processing has its risks

Finance directors must arrange sound protection and reporting of company data processing even when it is outsourced

27 Sep 2010

Interview

Xchanging's Ken Lever talks about the value-added FD

FDs must focus on value creation, despite the lure of the strategy architect role, says serial CFO Lever

27 Sep 2010

Special

FD Guide: Tax Compliance Outsourcing

Outsourcing is popular; tax compliance is not. Our guide examines the opportunities and risks FDs will find in marrying the two

01 Jun 2010

Feature

Predicting the role of outsourcing in 2010

As companies aim to grow in 2010 – not just survive – will outsourcing become more popular? And in what sectors?

26 Jan 2010

Analysis

VAT changeback to cause potential blackspot for FDs

Businesses have had plenty of time to prepare for the 1 January 2010 VAT change back to 17.5%. But outsourcing and credit notes are two potential blackspots for finance directors

23 Nov 2009

Analysis

Business recovery: Cautious optimism for FDs

Opportunities for FDs to advance and ways to prepare their businesses to exploit recovery were the themes for this year’s Financial Director Summit.

19 Oct 2009

Opinion

IT strategy – In too deep: outsourcing contracts aren't always easy to cancel

Check the fine print before cancelling outsourcing contracts – you might find it hard to say goodbye

27 Apr 2009

Opinion

Corporate governance: Blind spots

By obsessing over cash, FDs could be missing other, equally poisonous risks to their business

26 Jan 2009

Opinion

Accounting: Feeling exposed

Creative accounting won’t have anywhere to hide – nor will the companies it sustained in the good times.

26 Jan 2009

Analysis

Satyam scandal a blight on India's outsourcing reputation

The reputational fallout from the Satyam accounting scandal could be a hammer blow for the Indian IT outsourcing industry.

26 Jan 2009

Special

The Financial Director Guide to: Global Tax Strategy

Welcome to the Financial Director Guide to: Global Tax Strategy, brought to you in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

24 Jan 2007

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

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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