LEVIES: THE SOLUTION TO POLLUTION

Originally posted on University of Gloucestershire Law:
Everyone should be somewhat familiar with the 5p charge on plastic bags, or more formally, the levy imposed by the Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015. Large businesses, which are defined as retailers who have 250 or more employees, are required to charge for single-use plastic…

The Finance team welcomes Clair

Before joining the University, I worked in finance for over 25 years. I became a Partner of St. James’s Place Wealth Management in 2003 and ran my own successful practice in Cheltenham providing financial advice to high net worth individuals. In 2018 I decided to take a change of direction and I joined the University to […]

Auditors hit the headlines again!

The question of audit being fit for purpose raises its ugly head yet again with the recent collapse of Carillion plc. Does this doubt rest simply with the entire audit concept, or should it question the methodologies employed in audit as contributing to the problem? The Independent newspaper (2018) reported that Carillion plc was […]

Accounting and Finance Graduate Opportunity

Assistant Financial Accountant Placement Students Click on the link for Accounting and Finance opportunity!

Ethical Investments

Productivity isn’t everything?

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize Winning economist, emphasises the importance of productivity by stating that “productivity isn’t everything, in the long run it is almost everything”. Unfortunately, UK businesses are not doing well with respect to productivity. Poor productivity is one of the biggest challenges facing UK nowadays. Low productivity is a problem for the […]

Construction giant goes into liquidation

Over the past few weeks the headlines have been dominated by the second, largest construction group; Carillion going into liquidation. As part of the Accounting team at the university; It got me thinking how is this possible? How do such large companies experience the decline and problems that Carillion are now experiencing which are hugely […]