The Bank of England should stop broadcasting the views of a comfortable financial elite
Friday, February 12th, 2021The Guardian reports on comments from Andy Haldane, Chief economist at the Bank of England, this morning, noting: British families are ready to fuel a
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If you want to do a PhD in sustainable cost accounting, this is your chance
Friday, February 12th, 2021There is a chance to do a PhD in sustainable cost accounting, advertised at Copenhagen Business School today. The details are in these tweets from
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The Financial Reporting Council has a long way to go if it is to deliver a real vision for the future of UK corporate reporting
Wednesday, February 10th, 2021Accounting consultations are coming thick and fast right now. First, we had one on sustainability reporting from the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation. Then we
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When will we need to discuss Jubilee as part of the post-Covid recovery?
Monday, February 8th, 2021As The Guardian has noted this morning: Britain’s economy faces a long haul back from the third coronavirus lockdown as new figures show that businesses
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The Bank of England has to be subject to political accountability. For it to be otherwise is a threat to the very core of our democratic process.
Sunday, February 7th, 2021Andrew Bailey delivered one of his usual speeches that included little link to reality on Friday. He began by saying: It is fast approaching twenty
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Audit reform is coming
Friday, February 5th, 2021The FT has reported this morning that: Directors will be held personally responsible for the accuracy of their company’s financial statements – with fines and
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Negative interest rates are coming, but there is no chance that they will work
Friday, February 5th, 2021As The Guardian and many other newspapers reported yesterday, the Bank of England yesterday announced that it was preparing the ground for negative official interest
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Ten reasons why freeports are a bad idea
Friday, February 5th, 2021I was asked yesterday if I might be available to discuss freeports on the media and what my ‘top lines’ would be if I did.
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The CBI is right: we need some serious economic planning
Thursday, February 4th, 2021A week or so ago one of the commentators on this blog asked if I might suggest now to be the time for a 1945
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