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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?
Finance Week
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.
Budget 2010: bottled or bullish?
The Budget could be a time for decisive tax action to restore business confidence – unless the government bottles it, says Baker Tilly’s George Bull.
Changed priorities for the 2010 CFO
Cost reduction matters to today's CFO, but not as much as getting stuck in to wider corporate business decisions according to IBM's 2010 Global CFO Study.
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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.