The New Statesman Book of the Year column has the following from Michela Wrong: Poisoned Wells by Nicholas Shaxson (Palgrave Macmillan)Brazzaville Charms by Cassie Knight
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Northern Rock: the significance of Granite to the Bank of England
The Guardian published two stories on Friday concerning the relationship between Northern Rock and its shadow entity, Granite. I’ll be candid, I know the stories
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Laffer in la-la-land
The New Statesman includes a brilliant article by Johann Hari called Cooking the Books. What it amounts to is a complete destruction of the Laffer
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Reshaping the way we work
It’s been my pleasure to work with Dennis Howlett on and off over the last couple of years. It was Dennis who got me, and
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Blame Gordon Brown for England’s defeat
I was one of millions to suffer agony and torment last night. No, I wasn’t worried about the loss of a couple of data CD’s.
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Man bit dog
The public have more sense than politicians. And for all the newspaper furore about the possible loss of some basic pretty data on 25 million
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Hartnett takes over at HMRC
Accountancy Age has reported: HM Revenue & Customs policy chief Dave Hartnett has been appointed acting chairman of HM Revenue & Customs. His appointment does
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IFRS 8 – annulled
Accountancy magazine has reported that IFRS 8 has been annulled by the EU. But as it notes: A procedural hiccup has led to the adoption
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Crisis, what crisis?
So the Revenue have lost some data. As the Independent puts it: What kind of personal data is contained on the lost discs? A frightening
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