There is an article in the Financial Times today that says: New accounting rules could cripple parts of the banking sector by forcing earlier recognition
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Will Sunak rise to the challenge of today? I seriously doubt it…
As I pointed out last week, literally minutes after he sat down from delivering it, Rishi Sunak’s first budget was a disaster because of the
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Why insurance cannot solve the problems businesses face now
There has been quite a lot of commentary in the media from small-business sources suggesting that the government has been reckless in suggesting that pubs,
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Let the deficits accumulate: they’re exactly what we need right now
When I was asked by Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 last week what my reaction to the budget was I said that I thought it
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Auditing with Accountability: how to create an accountable future for accountancy
This morning four of my recent co-authors published a joint paper on the future of auditing in the UK, and much more widely. Funded by
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For those in Scotland I have just done a pre-record for John Beattie’s programme this evening
The pre-record was ten minutes, which given how I feel was some effort. The subject was whether or not we will have a crash. My
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This time it is impossible for anything to be the same again. That’s the one certainty we have got.
This morning’s financial news makes two things clear. The first is that financial intervention from Central Banks is not enough to allay market fears. They
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Rationing and price controls and now essential measures to tackle coronavirus
I have already suggested a number of measures that are required to tackle the coronavirus crisis. These include bank mortgage, loan and lease repayment holidays
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This is personal….
I wrote this yesterday, sending it to people I met during the week: I apologise for having to write in this way I think it
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