Accounting

The FD Question: Should an FD walk the plank for accounting irregularities?

Finance Director - 31 August, 2010 - 11:45
psmalla href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 31 August 2010 at 10:45:00/small/ppi/i/pp /pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d47983b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The+FD+Question%3A+Should+an+FD+walk+the+plank+for+accounting+irregularities%3Flink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fpolls%2F2268925%2Ffd-question-should-fd-walk" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The+FD+Question%3A+Should+an+FD+walk+the+plank+for+accounting+irregularities%3Flink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fpolls%2F2268925%2Ffd-question-should-fd-walk" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869219489/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/222795835/kg/43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869219489/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/222795835/kg/43/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Global accounting framework for integrated sustainability reporting

Finance Director - 27 August, 2010 - 16:10
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/analysis/2268869/global-accounting-framework'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/computing/computing-11-10-07/board-meeting/medium.jpg'//apsmallRachael Singh, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Friday 27 August 2010 at 15:10:00/small/ppi Top CFOs and regulators are driving an initiative to form a global accounting framework for integrated sustainability reporting /i/ppThe chief financial officers of the London Stock Exchange, Nestle, EDF and Tata are among 34 accounting and regulatory figureheads that have formed a steering committee aiming to establish a.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2d29da/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Global+accounting+framework+for+integrated+sustainability+reportinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2268869%2Fglobal-accounting-framework" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Global+accounting+framework+for+integrated+sustainability+reportinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2268869%2Fglobal-accounting-framework" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868918204/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/221063642/kg/20-25-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868918204/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/221063642/kg/20-25-43/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Julia Wilson, 3i FD interview: the outtakes

Finance Director - 27 August, 2010 - 13:30
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2268854/interview-3i-finance-director'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/julia-wilson-3i/medium.jpg'//apsmallMelanie Stern, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Friday 27 August 2010 at 12:30:00/small/ppi The extra bits we didn't have room for elsewhere /i/ppFinancial Director was finally granted an audience with 3i group finance director Julia Wilson in August, fully two years after we first approached her with the idea of an interview..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2baff5/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Julia+Wilson%2C+3i+FD+interview%3A+the+outtakeslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268854%2Finterview-3i-finance-director" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Julia+Wilson%2C+3i+FD+interview%3A+the+outtakeslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268854%2Finterview-3i-finance-director" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868839620/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220966901/kg/6-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868839620/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220966901/kg/6-43/a2.img" border="0"//a
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The story of American Apparel’s CFOs

Finance Director - 27 August, 2010 - 13:13
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/news/2268849/story-american-apparel-cfos'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/september-2010/dov-charney/medium.jpg'//apsmallMelanie Stern, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Friday 27 August 2010 at 12:13:00/small/ppi Who wouldn’t want to work for Dov Charney? /i/ppNews of American Apparel’s (AA) demise may not be premature. The too-cool-for-school LA-based clothing retailer suffered humiliation in July when its auditor Deloitte Touche resigned citing material weaknesses in.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2b7ce0/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The+story+of+American+Apparel%E2%80%99s+CFOslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2268849%2Fstory-american-apparel-cfos" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The+story+of+American+Apparel%E2%80%99s+CFOslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2268849%2Fstory-american-apparel-cfos" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868838084/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220953824/kg/25-43-65/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868838084/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220953824/kg/25-43-65/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Rok cancels hiring David Miller as interim CFO

Finance Director - 27 August, 2010 - 13:10
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/news/2268848/rok-cancels-interim-cfo-hire'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/september-2010/garvis-snook/medium.jpg'//apsmallMelanie Stern, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Friday 27 August 2010 at 12:10:00/small/ppi Ex-Amey FD canned as replacement to suspended Ashley Martin as observers cry foul of his past /i/ppConstruction business Rok appears to have succumbed to an analyst and investor revolt in its decision not to hire former Amey FD David Miller as its interim CFO, just two.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2b7ce1/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Rok+cancels+hiring+David+Miller+as+interim+CFOlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2268848%2Frok-cancels-interim-cfo-hire" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Rok+cancels+hiring+David+Miller+as+interim+CFOlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2268848%2Frok-cancels-interim-cfo-hire" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868838082/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220953825/kg/6-16-27-40-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868838082/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220953825/kg/6-16-27-40-43/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Global accounting framework for integrated sustainability reporting

Finance Director - 27 August, 2010 - 11:35
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/specials/2268841/global-accounting-framework'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/computing/computing-14-08-08/cisco-video-telepresence/medium.jpg'//apsmallDonatella Montrone, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Friday 27 August 2010 at 10:35:00/small/ppi Top CFOs and regulators driving initiative to put sustainability reporting under one roof /i/ppThe chief financial officers of the London Stock Exchange, Nestle, EDF and Tata are among 34 accounting and regulatory figureheads that have formed a steering committee aiming to establish a.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2aed37/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Global+accounting+framework+for+integrated+sustainability+reportinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fspecials%2F2268841%2Fglobal-accounting-framework" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Global+accounting+framework+for+integrated+sustainability+reportinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fspecials%2F2268841%2Fglobal-accounting-framework" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831245/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917047/kg/6-20-25-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831245/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917047/kg/6-20-25-43/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Collaboration between finance and IT

Finance Director - 27 August, 2010 - 11:21
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2268837/collaboration-finance'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/robert-jaques-08/medium.jpg'//apsmallRobert Jaques, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Friday 27 August 2010 at 10:21:00/small/ppi As the age of austerity dawns, the struggle for power between FD and CIO could ebb away /i/ppThe conflict between finance directors and chief investment officers is age old, with much having been written on the apparently intractable problem..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2aed3a/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Collaboration+between+finance+and+ITlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268837%2Fcollaboration-finance" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Collaboration+between+finance+and+ITlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268837%2Fcollaboration-finance" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831244/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917050/kg/6-25-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831244/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917050/kg/6-25-43/a2.img" border="0"//a
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The effects on UK business if the euro fails

Finance Director - 27 August, 2010 - 10:57
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2268734/effects-business-euro-failed'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/september-2010/bombs/medium.jpg'//apsmallPhil Thornton, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Friday 27 August 2010 at 09:57:00/small/ppi What would happen to business if the euro met its demise? Phil Thornton reports /i/ppA few years ago, anyone talking about the breakup of the euro was dismissed as a fanatic. The conse­quences of the currency of the union disintegrating were so terrifying that.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2b7ce2/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The+effects+on+UK+business+if+the+euro+failslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268734%2Feffects-business-euro-failed" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The+effects+on+UK+business+if+the+euro+failslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268734%2Feffects-business-euro-failed" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div
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Interview: Julia Wilson, 3i FD

Finance Director - 27 August, 2010 - 10:48
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2268830/fd-interview-julia-wilson'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/julia-wilson/medium.jpg'//apsmallMelanie Stern, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Friday 27 August 2010 at 09:48:00/small/ppi Julia Wilson’s focus on raising the finance function’s influence at 3i is delivering a smaller, but smarter business /i/ppWho is Julia Wilson? From outside private equity firm 3i’s super-sleek veneer, group finance director Wilson is rarely seen or heard..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2b7ce3/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Interview%3A+Julia+Wilson%2C+3i+FDlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268830%2Ffd-interview-julia-wilson" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Interview%3A+Julia+Wilson%2C+3i+FDlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268830%2Ffd-interview-julia-wilson" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div
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Double dippin'

Finance Director - 26 August, 2010 - 18:34
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2268840/double-dippin'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/melanie-stern-august-2010/medium.jpg'//apsmallMelanie Stern, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Thursday 26 August 2010 at 17:34:00/small/ppi Perhaps we’ll just have to put up with the odd double dip now and then /i/pp“We’ll have double-dip recessions now and then”. Sounds like something The Sage of Omaha might throw to wide-eyed journalists at a Berkshire Hathaway annual results presentation – but this time.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2c1b8e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Double+dippin%27link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268840%2Fdouble-dippin" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Double+dippin%27link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268840%2Fdouble-dippin" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div
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OFT to exclude corrupt directors

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 18:17
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/analysis/2268661/oft-exclude-corrupt-directors'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/september-2010/bride/medium.jpg'//apsmallNeil Hodge, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 17:17:00/small/ppi The regulator uses dormant powers to turn up heat on anti-competitive behaviour. Neil Hodge reports /i/ppAs part of its arsenal to tackle anti-competitive behaviour, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published revised guidance setting out how and when it and other regulators will take.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2aed3c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=OFT+to+exclude+corrupt+directorslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2268661%2Foft-exclude-corrupt-directors" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=OFT+to+exclude+corrupt+directorslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2268661%2Foft-exclude-corrupt-directors" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831243/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917052/kg/6-25-33-43-167/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831243/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917052/kg/6-25-33-43-167/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Government-driven funding for business comes under scrutiny

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 15:58
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2268832/government-funding-business'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/september-2010/david-cameron/medium.jpg'//apsmallNick Huber, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 14:58:00/small/ppi FDs are sceptical as to whether the government’s efforts to drive non-bank funding for business are sufficient or even deliverable, finds Nick Huber /i/ppAre you a finance director at a growing business that wants to expand but is finding credit hard to come by? Do you want to create more jobs in an.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2b7ce4/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Government-driven+funding+for+business+comes+under+scrutinylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268832%2Fgovernment-funding-business" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Government-driven+funding+for+business+comes+under+scrutinylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268832%2Fgovernment-funding-business" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div
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A sensible approach to pensions

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 15:41
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2268836/sensible-approach-pensions'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/dennis-turner-hsbc/medium.jpg'//apsmallDennis Turner, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 14:41:00/small/ppi Linking public sector pensions to CPI rather than RPI is good politics, but can make for very bad economics /i/ppThe answer to most questions in economics is exactly the same – yes and no. The imprecise nature of the subject allows reasonable people to disagree and for most economists.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2aed3e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=A+sensible+approach+to+pensionslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268836%2Fsensible-approach-pensions" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=A+sensible+approach+to+pensionslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268836%2Fsensible-approach-pensions" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831242/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917054/kg/6-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831242/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917054/kg/6-43/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Slowing growth raises double-dip recession fears

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 15:12
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/analysis/2268646/chances-double-dip-recession'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/david-kern/medium.jpg'//apsmallDavid Kern, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 14:12:00/small/ppi Growth prospects have worsened. Can a second downturn be averted? /i/ppGlobal economic growth was stronger than expected in the first half of 2010, but lost consid­erable momentum in recent months..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2aed40/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Slowing+growth+raises++double-dip+recession+fearslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2268646%2Fchances-double-dip-recession" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Slowing+growth+raises++double-dip+recession+fearslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2268646%2Fchances-double-dip-recession" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831241/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917056/kg/6-20-25-43-67/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831241/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917056/kg/6-20-25-43-67/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Restructuring the NHS

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 14:02
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/analysis/2268835/restructuring-nhs'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/september-2010/injection/medium.jpg'//apsmallMark Latham, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 13:02:00/small/ppi FDs may become the financial caregivers for groups of GP consortia, Mark Latham discovers /i/ppThousands of managers and administrative staff within the National Health Service (NHS) face redundancy or redeployment under changes that aim to put family doctors in charge of purchasing care on.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2aed41/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Restructuring+the+NHSlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2268835%2Frestructuring-nhs" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Restructuring+the+NHSlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2268835%2Frestructuring-nhs" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831240/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917057/kg/6-43-65/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831240/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917057/kg/6-43-65/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Leveraging capital through invoice discounting

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 13:53
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2268834/leveraging-capital-invoice'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/september-2010/cash-machine/medium.jpg'//apsmallAntony Harrington, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 12:53:00/small/ppi Raising future revenue by selling on your invoices is an ever more popular route to growth, but it also has its dangers, warns Anthony Harrington /i/ppThe practice of invoice discount­ing used to be targeted solely at small companies who were not of a sufficient scale to employ the staff required to cash manage the company’s.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2b7ce7/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Leveraging+capital+through+invoice+discountinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268834%2Fleveraging-capital-invoice" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Leveraging+capital+through+invoice+discountinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268834%2Fleveraging-capital-invoice" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div
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The balance of scepticism in auditing

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 13:35
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2268839/balance-scepticism-auditing'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/peter-williams/medium.jpg'//apsmallPeter Williams, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 12:35:00/small/ppi If auditing is to be more effective, a balance needs to be struck between accepting and challenging information /i/ppRelationships between finance directors and audit partners are under scrutiny as regulators attempt to learn some lessons from the financial crisis and recession..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2aed43/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The+balance+of+scepticism+in+auditinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268839%2Fbalance-scepticism-auditing" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The+balance+of+scepticism+in+auditinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268839%2Fbalance-scepticism-auditing" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831239/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917059/kg/6-43-67-77/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831239/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917059/kg/6-43-67-77/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Guest column: Going undercover on the shop floor

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 13:32
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2268838/guest-column-going-undercover'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/september-2010/narin-ganesh/medium.jpg'//apsmallNarin Ganesh, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 12:32:00/small/ppi Going undercover on the shop floor opened one FD’s eyes to what was really going on with the business and its staff /i/ppI recently spent a week with a production crew that was filming a television series – Undercover Boss – with the premise that a company boss goes “back to the.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2aed49/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Guest+column%3A+Going+undercover+on+the+shop+floorlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268838%2Fguest-column-going-undercover" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Guest+column%3A+Going+undercover+on+the+shop+floorlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268838%2Fguest-column-going-undercover" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831238/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917065/kg/6-16-27-40-43-170/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831238/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917065/kg/6-16-27-40-43-170/a2.img" border="0"//a
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The future of financial reporting

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 13:13
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2268630/future-financial-reporting'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/robert-bruce/medium.jpg'//apsmallRobert Bruce, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 12:13:00/small/ppi As regulators ponder their own futures, FDs simply wash their hands of the confused reporting bluster they spew /i/ppThunderstorms in late summer are unpredictable things. They rumble over celebrations of the last days of sunshine, threatening disaster and disappointment, but all too often pass by for another day..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d2aed4b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The+future+of+financial+reportinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268630%2Ffuture-financial-reporting" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The+future+of+financial+reportinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2268630%2Ffuture-financial-reporting" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831237/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917067/kg/43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868831237/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/220917067/kg/43/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Raising funding from within the business

Finance Director - 24 August, 2010 - 12:51
a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2268626/improving-working-capital'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/september-2010/money-bulb/medium.jpg'//apsmallAntony Harrington, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Tuesday 24 August 2010 at 11:51:00/small/ppi Businesses need to improve working capital and leverage intellectual property to raise funding from within. Anthony Harrington reports /i/ppNothing stops a company in its tracks faster than running short of working capital. The prolonged credit crunch has put a high priority on companies sorting out their refinancing well.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/d1098f8/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Raising+funding+from+within+the+businesslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268626%2Fimproving-working-capital" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Raising+funding+from+within+the+businesslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2268626%2Fimproving-working-capital" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868529030/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/219191544/kg/27-43-67/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868529030/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/219191544/kg/27-43-67/a2.img" border="0"//a
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