I presented the new report I have written for a range of NGOs entitled ‘Investment for Development: Derailed to Tax Havens’ in Bergen last evening.
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Governments are just not set up to invest in strategic thinking
The above comment has just been made by a senior government official at the Task Force conference in Bergen. How right he is. And he
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Even some Tories get it
Even some Tories are beginning to realise how mad the cuts they are proposing are: Liam Fox, the defence secretary, has launched a big assault
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Investments for development: derailed to tax havens
I spoke at the launch of a new report I have written last evening in Bergen, Norway. The report is entitled ‘Investments for Development: Derailed
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Some get , some don’t
Some get the fact that we’re heading for a deep crisis: The UK faces a protracted economic slump unless authorities act quickly to stimulate the
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If the Big 4 are bad…..
Accountancy Age reports: In a scathing report the audit watchdog has said that significant improvement is required in the audits conducted by small firms. Some
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The end for tax havens?
It’s an interesting coincidence (no more, I think) that the Guardian has published an article this morning on tax havens / secrecy jurisdictions by William
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The Bank of England buys the paradox of thrift
Charlie Bean, deputy director of the Bank of England has said: Britons should go out and spend to help invigorate the UK’s economic recovery In
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Task Force: beneficial ownership
The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development is discussing beneficial ownership. As Elise Bean from the Senate Committee on Investigations says the problem
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