Why the City isn’t fair and diversity doesn’t work
By Dr Louise Ashley, below, Associate Professor, Queen Mary’s business school Today saw the inaugural report from the City of London…
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A smarter way to cut SG&A
By Tom Kellaway, below, associate principal, The Hackett Group …
NatWest Sustainability PMI: Low carbon energy is top priority for large UK businesses in 2023
NatWest Sustainability PMI* shows UK businesses prioritising searching for low carbon energy solutions in response to rising fuel bills In…
Visibility over cash key to surviving economic storm
A global survey of C-suite executives and finance and accounting (F&A) professionals commissioned by BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) has revealed a…
How financial directors can reduce business energy costs
By Richard Fletcher, below, director at IES Whilst the government has announced a £25bn support package for UK businesses to…
Financial sector seeing unprecedented job cuts
Top 10 tips for those facing redundancy By Jo Keddie, Senior Partner at Winckworth Sherwood With a turbulent UK economy, the…
Why higher interest rates are a reason to be cheerful
By Rob Murphy, below, Managing Director, Edison Group Given what’s going on in the economy – and the capital markets –…
UK banking sector generates £38.8 billion in taxes
UK Finance has published its report on the latest total tax contribution of the UK banking sector, produced by PwC, which…
Financial Services and Markets Bill – will it be a hotchpotch of compromise?
By Mark Cotter, below, KC The Financial Services and Markets Bill is a hefty piece of legislation currently comprising 328 pages….
Why the latest Corporation Tax U-turn means more uncertainty for UK business
By Gavin Midgley, Senior Teaching Fellow in Accounting, University of Surrey Before the new UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, rolled back almost all of September’s…