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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

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Manufacturing FDs: Driving the recovery

Car makers have emerged as a bright spot in the economy. Richard Crump asks FDs in the sector how they are outperforming manufacturing as a whole

22 Feb 2012

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Company cars: lower risks mean higher returns

Managing company vehicle risks is about strengthening the bottom line as well as improving driver safety, writes Albert Vissers, chief financial officer of Alphabet

20 Feb 2012

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The cost of not investing in lighting

Lee Bensley explains why it is important to consider the impact of lighting on the bottom line

17 Feb 2012

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The rising costs of legal disputes

The consequences and costs for UK businesses of dealing with regulatory proceedings are becoming increasingly significant, writes Lista Cannon and Chris Warren-Smith

10 Feb 2012

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The insolvency twilight zone

Patrick Cook examines how the duties of directors change when a business slides towards and into administration

07 Feb 2012

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Export or die

Opportunities for importers and exporter exist amidst the doom and gloom, writes Jamie Jemmeson

06 Feb 2012

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Brand values under attack

FDs have an important role to play in ensuring that IP strategies are being managed effectively and brand value is adequately protected, writes Fiona McBride

06 Feb 2012

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Sharpening an FD's soft skills

Honing the soft skills in your armoury is key to becoming a multi-faceted business partner that every CEO needs

31 Jan 2012

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Financial Director CFO panel

2011 was a treacherous year for those working in finance. Financial Director asks our panel of FDs what they think 2012 has in store

26 Jan 2012

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Looking to pilot the Cloud

By piloting accounting in the cloud you can clearly judge and understand both the financial and the operational benefits, says Julian Sayer

26 Jan 2012

Mobile phone wallet

Money to go

The emergence of the mobile wallet is a great opportunity for business - if they tackle the security risks head on, writes Nikolaos Zacharopoulos

26 Jan 2012

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Future imperfect

Forecasting is an inexact art at the best of times. Richard Crump asks how FDs are coping during the worst of times

26 Jan 2012

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The emerging middle class

Consumers in the west have never had it so bad but the middle class is expanding at an exponential rate across many developing economies, finds Phil Thornton

26 Jan 2012

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A tear in relationships

David Cameron’s veto of the EU Treaty has been hailed as protecting UK business, but will frosty relationships with the EU harm trade, asks Neil Hodge

26 Jan 2012

Sharing the burden

Share the burden

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

26 Jan 2012

Death on the high street

High Street blues

Melanie Stern finds three finance directors of businesses who see little but opportunity in Britain’s stricken city centres and high streets

26 Jan 2012

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Quotas not the answer to board diversity

Positive discrimination is not the answer to increasing female representation on boards, argues Dr Shima Barakat. The business benefits should speak for themselves

25 Jan 2012

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Steering the succession process

CFO are often natural successors to the top job but you can’t leave the transition to chance, writes Ben Jones

23 Jan 2012

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Enron: 10 years on

A decade after the collapse of Enron, has the corporate world really learned any lessons, or will we see more company collapses and scandals? asks Peter Bartram

06 Jan 2012

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Financial Director Summit 2012

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