The Business of Trust
I’ve been honoured by an invitation from the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) Research Foundation and the Chairman’s Forum to …
What is a university for?
Today’s papers are full of Oxford university and issues of student access.
It matters that Oxford adapts and connects. …
Carillion – the Stewardship Role
The stewardship role of professional advisors. There are so many vital questions prompted by the joint parliamentary select committee report …
An improbable range of private companies
I’ve just agreed to join the working party set up by government’s Financial Reporting Council to discuss corporate governance of …
What value for money really means and how to achieve it
A costed proposal to fit Grenfell Tower with fire resistant cladding was dropped after a cost cutting programme labelled ‘value …
Two books – two authors called Thomas
I’ve been on holiday with my wife and our friends and took two books. One was Tess of the Durbervilles …