The Guardian is amongst many papers to note the summary report of the Downing Street Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities that has apparently been
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Deliveroo does not deliver
I was amused to read this in the FT this morning: Deliveroo’s shares tumbled 30 per cent in the company’s London debut on Wednesday, in
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Money for Nothing: an update
About three weeks ago I announced that I would be producing an ebook based on the Twitter threads and blog posts written in recent months
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The long haul towards ending the curse of hollowed out firms
I share two tweets from friends who are also colleagues, both just published: https://twitter.com/lenseabrooke/status/1377174330170241029?s=21 Much of my work is a long, slow, patient haul. This
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The Counterbalance: Small businesses versus the platforms
I am sharing this newsletter from the new project called Counterbalance that is being run by my old friend and colleague JohnChristensen with Nick Shaxson
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Corporate accounting for tax is not good enough
I was having a discussion yesterday on the weaknesses in the financial reporting of tax by some of the UK’s largest companies. The idea put
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We have to consign the era of financial engineering to history
The last week has been interesting in the world of finance. Greensill Capital collapsed. The provider of what might best be described as unusual forms
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We all need inspiration: Nitin Sawhney’s new album ‘Immigrants’ provides it
The search for hope is important right now. For those who find it in music I, unusually for me, offer a suggestion of an album
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The Tory obsession with flags is becoming unsettling
The Tories’ continued fixation with flying the Union Jack is deeply irritating. I wrote this on Twitter last night: What really sickens me about the
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