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Recession

Businessmen in fatigues

Feature

Battle-hardened FDs

Surviving a recession is essential for the CV of any established FD. Andrew Sawers asks the old guard whether the past prepared them for the present

02 Apr 2012

Melanie Stern is editor of Financial Director

Opinion

It's time to take stock and set out priorities

FDs find themselves well placed to influence the future direction of business during times of austerity

20 May 2011

Opinion

New year optimism masks resilient economic dangers

The absence of a realistic deficit plan threatens the US triple-A credit rating

24 Jan 2011

Analysis

Attack is the best form of defence

Shifting from survival mode to funding expansion is the order of the day as FDs enter 2011 in a more buoyant mood

21 Jan 2011

News

2011 double-dip “unlikely” says BCC chief economist

David Kern sees no return to recession but risk emanates from sovereign failure to address structural risk

11 Jan 2011

Analysis

Bank balance sheets risk more eurozone bailouts

Banks holding on to overvalued mortgages may unleash more pain

20 Dec 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

News

Bank of England's Charles Bean admits recession was a surprise

Central bank failed to spot recession

28 Oct 2010

Feature

Stewardship code gives shareholders a say over pay

The new stewardship code is giving shareholders a louder voice. Does this mean FDs will face boardroom battles over bonuses?

27 Oct 2010

Opinion

The really wild show

Does the downturn have a Loch Ness Monster shape?

28 Sep 2010

News

Reliable data key to business valuation

The lack of reliable data on which to base M&A valuations is driving FDs to use more micro-level methods

27 Sep 2010

Feature

Recession gives British holiday industry a boost

Austerity Britain has given UK tourism operators their moment in the sun. Can their FDs sustain a golden age for the "staycation"?

27 Sep 2010

Feature

Finance directors to the slaughter

FDs are being fired more frequently. Are they making more errors or just being made the scapegoat?

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 Report: Funding

Banks are still reluctant to lend, so companies are becoming adept at raising finance for growth from within

01 Sep 2010

Opinion

Double dippin'

Perhaps we’ll just have to put up with the odd double dip now and then

26 Aug 2010

Feature

Nouriel Roubini reads the economic tea leaves

Nouriel Roubini tells Phil Thornton that legislative changes to address economic crisis don’t go far enough

24 Aug 2010

Analysis

Engineering models could hold the key to economic recovery

Lem Bingley wonders if engineering models hold the key to the mind of the market – and to any recovery

24 May 2010

Feature

The resurgence of UK manufacturing

Despite a reputation for decline, UK manufacturing is growing faster than it has for 15 years. Anthony Harrington talks to the sector’s FDs about leading a new industrial revolution

26 Apr 2010

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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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