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…
Articles by Director of Finance
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…
Fraudsters take advantage of Covid disruption
Fraudsters targeted a wide range of financial products in April, including current and savings accounts, as the UK entered lockdown. Data…
Tech sector thrives on £4bn equity boost
Equity investment in the UK’s tech businesses increased by 27 per cent in 2019 to £4.0bn, the highest amount since the…
The future of accounting: it’s all down to the software
Accountants must become better at financial forecasting and using industry-specific software if they are to be of value in the future,…
Business bank gives life science £50m boost
The British Business Bank has announced it is committing £50 million to the life science venture firm Epidarex Capital III UK. …
CICM names Chapple as new CEO
Sue Chapple has succeeded Philip King as Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management, the world’s largest professional credit…