Sir Alex Ferguson formally announced yesterday that, after nearly 27 years at the helm of Manchester United football club, he is to step down and retire at the end of the 2012/13 UK Premiership football season. The Manchester United club he took over as manager was a privately owned company with ambitions to become a [...]

Unlike consultants or temporary staff, where costs tend to drop to the “bottom line”, interims focus on the delivery of benefits to your business. The outlay on the cost of an interim should be matched by a multiple of benefits over time. Business owners, directors and senior management tend to utilise in-house resource to deliver their strategic and [...]

As is the case with any budget in recent times there is a mix of good and bad news for both consumer and business and the one delivered last week by the Chancellor was somewhat flat, (a bit like the 1p reduction in beer duty). This will do nothing to radically get the UK out [...]

One month to go before the end of the tax year and the banks and pension investors are inundating us all with the “use your ISA allowances” and “maximise your pension contributions before the changes next tax year”. Interest rates remain pitiful and again the rates are being reduced across the board yet again on [...]

My goodness it is valentines day and Martin Walby has hit the headlines with BIE Interim in their latest blog  http://biegroupltd.com/blogs/finance-director-on-interim-assignment-gets-sent-to-exotic-island-finds-more-than-he-bargained-for/

Many of the world’s most successful global companies and brands are spawned from a recession. These companies started to make history within a short time from commencing operations, penetrating markets with unique ideas or leveraging technology. There are many companies that have started in the last year, and a number of established large and medium [...]

2012 has been a mixed year for the UK with the two major London Olympic events creating a well earned diversion for the country from the unending economic turmoil. Success in both lifted the spirits of all and engendered enthusiasm for our younger generation in sporting competition. Unfortunately, the reality is continued economic uncertainty, low [...]

The last two weeks has seen elections the two largest global economies with the USA re-electing Obama for a second term and in China, the once-a-decade major communist congress electing a new prime minister, new senior politicians and implementing the next 10 year plan. What does this mean for Europe? With Obama having to tackle [...]

Remember the days when Manchester United was the most financially successful football club in the world and debt free? Along came the Glazer family in 2005 and had to borrow millions of pounds to take the club from public to private ownership, thus plunging the club into debt from which it has not recovered. Now [...]

The latest revelations and fines for Barclays on their alleged manipulation of interest rates and potential selling of protection against interest rate rises, could lead to another banking crisis. Some commentators have stated this could be the “tip of the iceberg” with possibly all the major UK and some overseas banks being involved in similar [...]