Paper-trail processes ‘leave us trailing behind’
More UK finance decision makers have labelled their company as inefficient than two years ago while the number of teams who…
Articles by Director of Finance
Are we really spending £3.5m a day on PPE measures?
Companies are spending more than £3.5 million a day on keeping their customers safe, at least according to one estimate. Hand…
Job loss fears as North braced for new Lockdown
More than half of finance directors in Yorkshire expect to make Covid-related redundancies with as many as nine in ten braved…
The pension pandemic that is putting retirement on hold
More than a third of those saving for a pension – equivalent to seven million people – have taken action relating…
Sunak’s summer statement – business reacts
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced VAT cuts worth £4.5 billion as a lifeline for the struggling tourism and hospitality sector. In…
Barclays’ £500,000 gets Diplodocus over a Dip in the road
The transport company which took Dippy the Diplodocus on tour for the Natural History Museum will continue providing global fine art…
Banks ‘want a code of conduct on Covid-loan defaults’
Banks are reported to be preparing a code of conduct for dealing with businesses that default on Coronavirus loans, It comes…
Furlough and the perils of getting it wrong
The consequences for companies who abuse the furlough system can be severe, according to one of the country’s leading corporate tax…
What Covid-19 tells us about running our pension schemes
Guest post by Kate Hardingham of Ross Trustees In response to the financial crisis, FTSE-100 companies injected in the following decade…
Extended amnesty for firms to admit furlough ‘errors’
Employers will be given a further three months to own up to furlough fraud after the government announced it will extended…