12th April 2012
Buy and Cell: Do Bankers feel above the law?
11th April 2011
Why hasn’t anyone been prosecuted for their part in the financial crisis? Jon Hawkins finds out.
There’s somethign very British about Fred Goodwin being stripped of his knighthood earlier this year. It was a peculiarly polite public humiliation of the kind that, in times past, might instead have involved him being placed in the stocks while the public hurled rotten tomatoes at him. Everyone goes home radiating the warm, satisfied glow of retribution but no one gets hung. View Post
13th March 2012
U.K. Gives More Guidance on Good Comply-or-Explain Disclosure
February 28, 2012
By Neil Baker
With the European Commission planning to introduce a tougher model of corporate oversight, Britain’s Financial Reporting Council is fighting to defend its more flexible “comply or explain” approach. View Post
8th March 2012
How to Lose Your Pension
28th February 2012
By Stephen Gilchrist
On 16th December 2011 the London High Court ruled illegal, a pension scheme to which some 400 members had subscribed. This was a ‘Pensions Reciprocation Plan’ within a structure rather optimistically entitled a “Maximising Pension Value Arrangement” (MPVA). The pension members placed £25 million with Ark Business Consulting and stand to lose millions of pounds in this fraudulent pension “unlocking” scheme. View Post
8th March 2012
Is there Trouble in Paradise?
February 2012
By Stephen Gilchrist
Over past decades Timeshare selling has developed an unviable reputation. The industry has certainly attracted its share of rogue traders. Aggressive sales techniques (often starting only metres from airport arrivals) , and ‘free trips’ to mainland Europe with a condition of having to sit through a lengthy, hard sell presentation, have not engendered confidence in this sector. View Post
13th February 2012
Is it discriminatory for the FA to want to hire an English Manager?
With most of England preoccupied with who should succeed Fabio Capello as manager of the England Football Team, there appears to be a growing majority of opinion that the person who is appointed should be English or at least British. Can the FA just seek to hire an English man? Can your business do similar? Bellamy Forde investigates. View Post
