Expect the Big 4 accountants to oppose the G7 tax agreement - because collectively they are the backbone of the offshore world
Sunday, June 6th, 2021I made this comment yesterday after the G7 tax deal was announced: I have been asked what the biggest impediments to delivery of the new
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The G7 tax deal: a first reaction says there is a long way to go to get this right as yet
Saturday, June 5th, 2021Rishi Sunak issued this Tweet not long ago: the video in it can be played: https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1401133898847948803?s=20 He followed up with these tweets: What does this
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How long will it be before reversing Brexit becomes an acceptable topic for political debate?
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021This is the Telegraph’s business page today: This is the start of the story on Tim Martin, the boss of Wetherspoons: Tim Martin was a
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If the ministerial code is completely malleable then we’re in deep trouble
Saturday, May 29th, 2021I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: The new independent adviser on ministers’ interests, Christopher (Lord) Geidt gave two rulings yesterday. Both suggest that
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Inflation? Forget it
Friday, May 28th, 2021There was a time when Andy Haldane was the supposed wise head at the Bank of England. But that was long ago before he got
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Governments and multinational corporations have a duty of care to deliver on climate change but we need the accounting to ensure that they do
Friday, May 28th, 2021I have been intrigued by three reports in the Guardian. The first is this: A court in the Hague has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its
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Like it or not, the business world is going to have to count its emissions, whatever the critics say
Friday, May 28th, 2021As some will have noted I have been subject to some criticism in the comments section of this blog with regard to my proposed sustainable
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As temperature change is set to reach 1.5C business cannot wait to change. It's now net-zero or we're in deep trouble.
Thursday, May 27th, 2021Some people will have noticed the furious opposition that sustainable cost accounting gets on this site any time that I mention it. As a recent
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We need real change to the financial reporting of climate change if the real threats it creates are to be addressed
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021The Guardian has noted this morning that: Major businesses and investors in the world’s largest economies should brace themselves for a turbulent transition to a
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