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EFG: A defence

An architect of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme, much-maligned by SME FDs, reflects on its implementation

05 Apr 2011

Peter Williams is a chartered account and freelance journalist

Lords' committee slates auditing profession over banking crisis

Bank auditors say they did their job to the letter of the law. They well know they are paid to enact the spirit of it too

04 Apr 2011

Jaimie Kaffash

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

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

Global stagflation on the cards amid oil crisis threat

Risk of a global oil shock delivers much-needed dose of scepticism

24 Mar 2011

Time bandits

Could a five-quarter financial cycle improve business planning?

24 Mar 2011

UK should follow Australia's lead in accounting

Antipodean accountants have outlined an early warning system for financial crises from which the UK could learn

24 Mar 2011

UK must compete with the BRICs on exports

Exports must drive recovery, but the UK has been too weak in breaking and competing with the BRICs

24 Mar 2011

Team up again to fight Conficker's chums

Alliances must be forged to fight cyber security threats with the same speed and agility shown by attackers

24 Mar 2011

Collude to delude

In telling themselves that rinse-and-repeat management perpetuates profitability, boards risk stakeholder ire

24 Mar 2011

Survival instinct

Japan's contingency plans ahead of the recent devastating earthquake mean it may end 2011 on a better fiscal footing

24 Mar 2011

The Entrepreneurial FD: Five steps to Enlightenment

Our latest FD Centre blog on why aiming for a job you really enjoy and taking on a divisional MD role make you a better FD

21 Mar 2011

The FD blog: Amid budget pain, councils are devaluing their FDs

Our latest In The National Interest blog from the public sector shows FDs being laid off or having their opinion devalued

14 Mar 2011

Brussels sprouts fairytale gender equality plan for final salary pensions

Latest ruling outlaws gender as a basis for determining annuities and life contracts

02 Mar 2011

The Davies Report: can corporates learn from the third sector on women in boardrooms?

CEO of the Charity Finance Directors' Group writes exclusively for Financial Director

01 Mar 2011

From the blog: would a five-quarter year make the FD's life easier?

The FD Centre's Matthew Howes ponders why accounting life is dominated by the calendar

23 Feb 2011

On the blog: Market structures and incentivising investors

Tim Ward is supporting the concept of a specialised SME market

18 Feb 2011

Audit market reform will come to nothing

Mid-tier auditors are unconvinced they want a piece of that pie

18 Feb 2011

Green datacentres are good, but big capex projects are not

Overhauling datacentres benefits the bottom line - but it comes at a cost

18 Feb 2011

Non-executive directors are like doctors on call

NEDs protect corporate conscience, but attending more meetings puts their independence at risk

18 Feb 2011

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Business' best friend

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