Maybe a decade and a half ago, I was a member of a committee set up by the Lib Dems to report on the party’s…
Maybe a decade and a half ago, I was a member of a committee set up by the Lib Dems to report on the party’s…
This post first appeared as a column in Town & Country Planning magazine… When I bought my house a few years ago, on the edge…
Business scandals keep coming thick and fast. The banks, BHS and the disappearing pensions, mis-selling of mortgages and other financial products, the VW deliberate cheating…
It is almost ten years since the publication of one of my best books (I have to say this myself!). It was called Toward the Setting…
For many it’s a disappointment. Some have no doubt heaved a sigh of relief that nothing very substantive is going to change. This week the…
Whenever we hear of another disaster or whistle blow, we wonder how or why it happened. Why didn’t anyone say something sooner? and if they…
A private, invitation-only event with top business leaders to discuss where the UK should go with corporate governance based on the suggestions we put forward…
Many of us could not avoid being bombarded with news about how United Airlines caused a paying passenger with a valid ticket to be violently…
Published in the Financial Times In the wake of his attempt to identify a whistleblower, some have called for the resignation of Barclays’ Jes Staley…
Mr Staley, Barclays’ CEO, has been sanctioned because of his attempt to identify a corporate whistleblower. Does the episode reflect poor corporate governance standards at…
A couple of weeks back we commented on the failed Kraft-Heinz bid for Unilever. It has now emerged that one of the attractions for the…