This picture says it all for me. I could stop here . . . .  . 

The car park barrier is the ‘control’ over access and use of the car park. The automatic gate opens only when you swipe your employee badge on the reader and it only lets one car through at a time.… Read More

At the end of last year, I read an excellent book by Jeremy Hope entitled ‘Reinventing the CFO‘ .

The book challenges some long held assumptions about centralisation, planning, budgeting and forecasting as well as the role of the finance function as real business partner.… Read More

Tomorrow sees yet another compliance regime, the UK Bribery Act, comes into force. A much debated legislation which remains unclear in parts but reflects and puts even more teeth into the key tenets of the FCPA reglation from the US. Both these regulations have broad arms and don’t limit their interest to UK and US companies.… Read More