If outsourcing works, as is claimed, then why is it, as Simon Caulkin pointed out in the Observer yesterday that about two thirds of all
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The Lord Mayor of London – Jersey’s overseas sales agent
The Jersey Evening Post has reported that the Lord Mayor of London has invited representatives of Jersey’s financial services industry to join him on his
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UK government fails corporate responsibility test
According to the Ethical Corporation the UK government’s commitment to corporate responsibility has been downgraded somewhat. The DTI has a minister whose portfolio includes corporate
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Northern Ireland – a tax haven in the making?
A corespondent sent me the following. I could have edited it, but I wont. It seems a fair summary: Now that the northern Irish have
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Pensions minister not quite on the ball
Consider this parliamentary question and answer: Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consideration was given to the potential
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Self regulation cannot work
Self regulation is regulation for self interest. I thought we’d have learned that by now. The accounting profession makes it clear enough. The IASB makes
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The Swiss aren’t all they seem
According to Transparency International’s Bribery Perceptions Index the Swiss are the least likely to bribe in the world. According to their Corruption Perception Index the
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Greed persists
The FT notes this morning that: Between January 1 and April 20 of this year, the New York Stock Exchange referred 45 potential instances of
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Will professionals be outsourced?
There was an article in the Telegraph recently that was covered by Accountancy Age, after which I considered blogging it. But I thought it too
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