Accountancy Age have reported that: KPMG has charged £23.7m in fees and expenses to Courts, the collapsed furniture retailer. The majority of the fees have
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Parmalat accuse Grant Thornton of fraud
Accountancy Age and the Financial Mail report: Grant Thornton International faces a £5bn claim from food giant Parmalat which accuses the firm of an ‘active
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Northern Rock: Hedge funds prove shareholders have too much power
The Guardian has reported that: One of Northern Rock’s largest shareholders has challenged the bank’s board to a public fight over its future at a
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Jersey – riddled with corruption
I have been involved in a discussion on the IsThisJersey web site, where my blog entitled ‘2007 – a year in retrospect’ was reproduced. As
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Obama wins – Romney loses, as it should be for the offshore candidates
It’s going to come as no surprise to anyone that I am keen to see Barack Obama as US President. A man who out his
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Changes at HMRC
Dave Hartnett, Acting Chairman of HMRC, has announced: ‘We have created four, clearly defined operational director general roles of Business Tax (Melanie Dawes); Personal Tax
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500,000 young people on incapacity benefit
As if to follow up the publication of Oliver James’ new book ‘Selfish Capitalism’ (about which I wrote here), the FT has reported that: More
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Sinful taxation
According to the New York Times a US to professor, Susan Hamill, has suggested that 18 US states seriously violate biblical principles in the way
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Selfish capitalism is bad for our mental health
Oliver James has a fascinating piece in the Guardian today to coincide with the publication of his book “Selfish Capitalism”. I’ve not read that yet,
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