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Behind the numbers: responsible behaviour?
24 Apr 2008Corporate social responsibility has come a long way in the 25 years since Milton Friedman labelled it a 'fundamentally subversive doctrine'
On the money with Damian Wild
24 Apr 2008When Gordon Brown met Ben Bernanke, the head of the US Federal Reserve, at the British ambassador's residence in Washington last Friday, Ian Powell's appointment as the new UK chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers probably didn't crop up
Have you heard the one about the merger?
24 Apr 2008When is a merger not a merger? If that sounds like the set-up line for a weak gag, don’t tell the big firms. Their intention is deadly serious
Behind the numbers: techie tactics
03 Apr 2008Tech-savvy readers will know of Clay Shirky
On the money with Damian Wild
27 Mar 2008If you find yourself in Houston, Texas this evening head downtown to the Four Seasons Hotel and you'll witness the latest in a long line of extraordinary events to be staged in the city since its former corporate darling, Enron, imploded
Half-hearted approach to a full-time problem
20 Mar 2008When Andrew Likierman was appointed head of the government accounting service 15 years ago, it signalled a dramatic shift in the way government accounted for itself
Behind the numbers: blogger beware
21 Feb 2008I like Adam Hart-Davis. Anyone who writes a book on the history of the toilet is OK by me
Sir John's wise words
31 Jan 2008Sir John was on the money when it came to identifying the shortcomings of many senior finance people, writes Damian Wild
Happy New Year?
10 Jan 2008Not if the flurry of gloomy predictions made in recent weeks are anything to go by
View from the board: make sure you face the music
10 Jan 2008If your company is in trouble or booming, secrecy is not necessarily the way to go. Openness can have unforseen benefits
On the money with Damian Wild
13 Dec 2007Kieran Poynter as the next chairman of HMRC? Perhaps not.
Will HMRC cuts become the data loss scapegoat?
29 Nov 2007Kieran Poynter has a busy fortnight ahead. He has until 14 December to report to the chancellor on HM Revenue & Customs’ inability to keep taxpayer information confidential
Behind the numbers: and there's more...
15 Nov 2007Last night's Accountancy Age Awards celebrated the best of the profession
Boldness a dirty word in audit choice reform
18 Oct 2007So modest were the changes the Financial Reporting Council made to its proposals for widening audit choice that you needed a keen eye to spot them
On the money with Damian Wild
04 Oct 2007Jim Pettigrew has seen it all. As finance director of ICAP, he held the purse strings of a FTSE 100 inter-dealer broker that had grown to the point where it was handling $500bn a day
Mid-tier hot on big four heels
04 Oct 2007In the current climate, talking about the audit market may appear prosaic
Behind the numbers: brake point
20 Sep 2007Have the wheels come off the accountancy juggernaut?
On the money with Damian Wild
02 Aug 2007For all its success and sophistication, the way the private equity industry has handled its profile recently should provide future MBA students with a case study on how not to run a PR campaign
Behind the numbers: follow the Dutch lead
26 Jul 2007It’s been a little quiet on the war for talent battle front of late, which surprises me
Merger question refuses to go away
26 Jul 2007John Stuttard has really put the cat amongst the pigeons...
