a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2270544/really-wild-show'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, Tuesday 28 September 2010 at 10:15:00/small/ppi The downturn has a Nessie look to it /i/ppI know it’s a jungle out there, but this is ridiculous. I’ve noted the proliferation of wacky economic theories this summer that were animal shaped..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85b9/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+really+wild+showlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270544%2Freally-wild-show" 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+really+wild+showlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270544%2Freally-wild-show" 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/78871806155/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995449/kg/6-43-67/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806155/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995449/kg/6-43-67/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/news/2270413/frc-corporate-governance-code'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/accountancyage/baroness-hogg-frc/medium.jpg'//apsmallMelanie Stern, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 17:27:00/small/ppi The Financial Reporting Council's new chairman feels some sympathy for FDs having to implement it /i/ppYou may never have met her, but Baroness Hogg is one of the grand fromages with a degree of control over the FDs of companies complying with the new corporate.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85c0/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=FRC%27s+Baroness+Hogg+on+the+new+corporate+governance+codelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2270413%2Ffrc-corporate-governance-code" 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=FRC%27s+Baroness+Hogg+on+the+new+corporate+governance+codelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2270413%2Ffrc-corporate-governance-code" 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/78871806154/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995456/kg/27-43-77/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806154/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995456/kg/27-43-77/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/news/2270498/dunelm-bumps-family-ceo'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/accountancyage/nick-wharton/medium.jpg'//apsmallMelanie Stern, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 17:23:00/small/ppi Move branded “unusual” by observers as few companies promote their non-executives into executive roles – unless in trouble /i/ppHalfords finance director Nick Wharton is the winner in a family business succession plan that sees him move from being a non-executive director of FTSE-250 furnishings retailer Dunelm to its.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85c6/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Dunelm+bumps+family+CEO+for+Halfords+FD+Whartonlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2270498%2Fdunelm-bumps-family-ceo" 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=Dunelm+bumps+family+CEO+for+Halfords+FD+Whartonlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2270498%2Fdunelm-bumps-family-ceo" 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/78871806153/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995462/kg/6-16-27-40-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806153/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995462/kg/6-16-27-40-43/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/news/2270495/axa-elevates-cfo-bourke'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/accountancyage/evelyn-bourke/medium.jpg'//apsmallMelanie Stern, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 17:21:00/small/ppi Evelyn Bourke named executive director for strategy, capital and risk for Friends Provident Holdings /i/ppFriends Provident CFO Evelyn Bourke continues her ascent at Resolution, the insurance and pensions vehicle, as it subsumes Axa UK’s life business and splits her role with Axa UK’s Andy.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85c8/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Axa+UK+life+integration+elevates+Friends%E2%80%99+CFO+Bourkelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2270495%2Faxa-elevates-cfo-bourke" 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=Axa+UK+life+integration+elevates+Friends%E2%80%99+CFO+Bourkelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fnews%2F2270495%2Faxa-elevates-cfo-bourke" 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/78871806152/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995464/kg/6-16-27-40-43-188/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806152/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995464/kg/6-16-27-40-43-188/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/analysis/2270494/reliable-key-business-valuation'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/microscope/medium.jpg'//apsmallRichard Crump, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 17:14:00/small/ppi The lack of reliable data on which to base MA valuations is driving FDs to use more micro-level methods /i/ppMergers and acquisitions are back on the menu. Global markets appear to be scenting a rebound following news of a handful of huge mergers by cash-rich companies, including chipmaker Intel’s.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85c9/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Reliable+data+key+to+business+valuationlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2270494%2Freliable-key-business-valuation" 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=Reliable+data+key+to+business+valuationlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2270494%2Freliable-key-business-valuation" 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/78871806151/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995465/kg/6-16-20-25-27-40-43-65/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806151/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995465/kg/6-16-20-25-27-40-43-65/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/analysis/2270492/outsourcing-processing-risks'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/computing/computing-24-04-08/shutterstock-cd-envelope/medium.jpg'//apsmallRichard Crump, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 17:04:00/small/ppi Finance directors must arrange sound protection and reporting of company data processing even when it is outsourced /i/ppLosing your wallet, mobile phone or keys is a common enough occurrence. While irritating, it rarely has long-term consequences. But it is when the same mistake is made on the.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85ca/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Outsourcing+data+processing+has+its+riskslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2270492%2Foutsourcing-processing-risks" 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=Outsourcing+data+processing+has+its+riskslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fanalysis%2F2270492%2Foutsourcing-processing-risks" 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/78871806150/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995466/kg/27-33-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806150/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995466/kg/27-33-43/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2270467/form-substance-universal'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/michael-shields/medium.jpg'//apsmallMichael Shields, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 13:28:00/small/ppi The arrival of International Financial Reporting Standards has only made finance directors’ jobs harder, says one retiring FD /i/ppBusiness has changed beyond recognition since I began my career at James Fisher in 1964 and the latest changes in the world of finance may be some of the most.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85cb/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Form+over+substance+in+universal+accounting+standardslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270467%2Fform-substance-universal" 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=Form+over+substance+in+universal+accounting+standardslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270467%2Fform-substance-universal" 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/78871806149/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995467/kg/6-16-27-33-40-43-77/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806149/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995467/kg/6-16-27-33-40-43-77/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2270392/bile-ducked-british-way-dealing'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, Monday 27 September 2010 at 13:20:00/small/ppi Is it British politeness that stops us from telling UK regulators what we really think – or do we need more shouting from our business associations? /i/ppSome finance directors, when they can be bothered, bitch about the rules. The regulators, in turn, suggest that had FDs had taken part in the process of formulating the rules,.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85cc/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Should+UK+stakeholders+assert+themselves+in+regulatory+conversations%3Flink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270392%2Fbile-ducked-british-way-dealing" 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=Should+UK+stakeholders+assert+themselves+in+regulatory+conversations%3Flink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270392%2Fbile-ducked-british-way-dealing" 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/78871806148/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995468/kg/6-16-27-40-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806148/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995468/kg/6-16-27-40-43/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2270408/dealing-someone-else-accounting'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/eric-tracey/medium.jpg'//apsmallEric Tracey, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 13:18:00/small/ppi Don’t get cornered – give the board your solution and make them back it /i/ppThe sympathy in some quarters for the young Pakistani fast bowler alleged to have been tricked into spot-fixing in cricket matches brings to mind the plight of a finance director.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85cd/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Dealing+with+someone+else%27s+accounting+messlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270408%2Fdealing-someone-else-accounting" 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=Dealing+with+someone+else%27s+accounting+messlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270408%2Fdealing-someone-else-accounting" 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/78871806147/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995469/kg/6-40-43-169/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806147/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995469/kg/6-40-43-169/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2270464/inflation-target-charade'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, Monday 27 September 2010 at 13:14:00/small/ppi The MPC is missing inflation targets with impunity. Does the target itself matter anymore? /i/ppImagine you are the chairman of a major multinational company and you set the chief executive of one of your key subsidiaries a very explicit target as an essential component.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85ce/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=What+is+the+point+of+Monetary+Policy+Committee+inflation+meetings%3Flink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270464%2Finflation-target-charade" 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=What+is+the+point+of+Monetary+Policy+Committee+inflation+meetings%3Flink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270464%2Finflation-target-charade" 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/78871806146/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995470/kg/27-40-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806146/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995470/kg/27-40-43/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/comment/2270410/working-home'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, Monday 27 September 2010 at 13:06:00/small/ppi The technology underpinning flexible working should be high on purchasing agendas /i/ppThe arguments in favour of flexible and mobile working are many and compelling. In fact, it is fair to say it is now clearly understood that companies of all sizes,.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85cf/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Flexible+working+technology+is+a+prioritylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270410%2Fworking-home" 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=Flexible+working+technology+is+a+prioritylink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fcomment%2F2270410%2Fworking-home" 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/78871806145/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995471/kg/27-40-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806145/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995471/kg/27-40-43/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2270317/traditional-british-holiday'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/october-2010/deck-chairs-beach/medium.jpg'//apsmallNick Hughes, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 13:01:00/small/ppi Austerity Britain has given UK tourism operators their moment in the sun. Can their FDs sustain a golden age for the "staycation"? /i/ppOn the morning of 11 August, Mervyn King took his seat before the financial press to deliver the Bank of England’s latest quarterly report on UK inflation..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85d0/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Recession+gives+British+holiday+industry+a+boostlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2270317%2Ftraditional-british-holiday" 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=Recession+gives+British+holiday+industry+a+boostlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2270317%2Ftraditional-british-holiday" 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/78871806144/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995472/kg/30-33-42-43-67-160/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806144/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995472/kg/30-33-42-43-67-160/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2270288/finance-directors-slaughter'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/accountancyage/blood-stain/medium.jpg'//apsmallMichelle Perry, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 12:57:00/small/ppi FDs are being fired more frequently. Are they making more errors or just being made the scapegoat? /i/ppIn business, as in life, when things go wrong the desire to finger a culprit is instinctive. It is also a short, sharp, simple solution..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85d1/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Finance+directors+to+the+slaughterlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2270288%2Ffinance-directors-slaughter" 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=Finance+directors+to+the+slaughterlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2270288%2Ffinance-directors-slaughter" 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/78871806143/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995473/kg/6-16-27-40-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806143/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995473/kg/6-16-27-40-43/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2270461/formula-deliver-value'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/october-2010/ken-lever/medium.jpg'//apsmallRichard Crump, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 12:41:00/small/ppi The serial CFO warns FDs to focus on value creation, however exciting being a strategy architect is /i/ppKen Lever knows a thing or two about the shift in priorities for a finance leader. In a 36-year career spanning senior accounting and executive roles in a throng of.../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85d2/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Xchanging%27s+Ken+Lever+talks+about+the+value-added+FDlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2270461%2Fformula-deliver-value" 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=Xchanging%27s+Ken+Lever+talks+about+the+value-added+FDlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2270461%2Fformula-deliver-value" 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/78871806142/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995474/kg/6-40-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806142/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995474/kg/6-40-43/a2.img" border="0"//a

a href='http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/financial-director/features/2270411/trials-finance-director'img style='border:px solid black;float:right;' align='right' src='http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/financialdirector/october-2010/cross-country-runner/medium.jpg'//apsmallMark Freebairn, a href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 27 September 2010 at 12:12:00/small/ppi A CFO recruiter reflects on the uphill battle that is being an FD /i/ppI spent two days in mid-September at the Financial Director Summit. As ever, it was a fantastic affair. One of the key speakers was Sir Ranulph Fiennes..../pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/e2f85d3/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Fiennes+is+an+example+of+how+FDs+can+leadlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2270411%2Ftrials-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=Fiennes+is+an+example+of+how+FDs+can+leadlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Ffeatures%2F2270411%2Ftrials-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/78871806141/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995475/kg/6-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871806141/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/237995475/kg/6-43/a2.img" border="0"//a

psmalla href="http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/"Financial Director/a, Monday 20 September 2010 at 13:50:00/small/ppi/i/pp /pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.financialdirector.co.uk/c/551/f/7099/s/dee2cae/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+The+fallout+from+the+Comprehensive+Spending+Reviewlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fpolls%2F2270060%2Ffd-question-fallout" 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+The+fallout+from+the+Comprehensive+Spending+Reviewlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.financialdirector.co.uk%2Ffinancial-director%2Fpolls%2F2270060%2Ffd-question-fallout" 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/78871036221/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/233712814/kg/43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78871036221/u/60/f/7099/c/551/s/233712814/kg/43/a2.img" border="0"//a

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

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

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

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