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A glass ceiling for women in accountancy and finance - that old chestnut!
Government research shows the public believes more women are needed at board level in UK businesses. They'd certainly be in for a shock if they realised how few FTSE FDs were women. But with huge salary gulfs between the sexes, a dearth of role models and a prevailing old boys' network' mentality, is there any cause for optimism?
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Ernst & Young at risk over Lehman "accounting gimmicks"
Deceptive financial practices and lax auditing lay at the heart of the 2008 collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers that helped to trigger the global economic crisis, says a US court examiner’s report.
'Phoney' Budget will be warm up to real deal, advisers warn
With a Budget date now set for 24 March, advisers are warning UK plc not to expect much in the way of surprises, with the real detail likely to emerge in a second outing of the Red Box several months after the General Election, regardless of which party gets into power.
This is not just finance, this is M&S finance.
Marks & Spencer is changing and so is its finance function as Ian Dyson, Group Finance and Operations Director for the firm, explains.
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The Bottom Line: Britain still great for business
Political strategy needed to show that Britain is still great for business, says Richard Thomas
"Out of one side of his mouth, Gordon Brown is saying he will make Britain an attractive place to invest, but out of the other he is clobbering higher earners with 50%, which sends out the opposite message.