Just how effective is your pension strategy?
In today’s challenging environment, managing defined benefit pension schemes can be a headache for businesses in the UK, particularly when it…
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Business identity theft: Fraud in the 21st century
By Simon Renshaw, Director at AABRS Just as identity theft is a real risk for private individuals, fraudsters have learnt that…
Finding the right software support for FDs
These days, finance directors face a multitude of challenges within their role as finance leader. New regulatory and compliance controls require…
Why FDs need to consider options in a time of uncertainty
A couple of decades ago, very few people would have predicted that defined benefit (DB) pension provision would be listed as…
Bulk annuities are looking good
The current pricing of insurers’ bulk annuities is highly competitive when compared to gilts and is providing extremely attractive opportunities for…
Collaboration now key to business success
Businesses have come a long way in just ten years. Back then the norm would be an office with computers on…
Financial Reporting and Accounting: An Overview
By Stephen Brown, Mazars LLP
Case study: How Equitable Life is keeping its members happy
Director of Finance catches up with Simon Small, Finance Director of Equitable Life. Simon, what is the greatest financial challenge of…
Is your company emotionally prepared for traumatic events?
By Colin Grange, Clinical Director of EAP and Well-being provider, LifeWorks
ArchOver: Building on success
ArchOver, a peer to peer business lending platform, launched in 2014 to help UK businesses gain access to finance. To date,…