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Talk Shop - Articles and Opinions
Have you ever wanted an authoritative, robust and challenging opinion from a senior specialist within the profession?
Welcome to 'Talk Shop' where BDO's Business Leader's offer their personal thoughts and views on current issues you might be facing in your businesses. Below you will find a series of articles on different topics which we hope will be of interest.
We welcome your feedback on any of these articles so please feel free to get in touch.
Latest articles:
- BDO's Tech Talk - By Julian Frost
- New Tax Information Exchange with British Territories - by Fiona Fernie
- Cyber Security – The Trouble for SME’s - By George Quigley
- The UK Government's Challenge to the Financial Transaction Tax - By Angela Foyle
- Africa - A Continent of Opportunity for Professional Services - By Dimple Shah
- The Importance Of Plan B - By Paul Bates
- Chancellor’s Budget 2013 - by Stephen Herring
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) - by Helen Adams
- Gift aid claims are going online - by Paul Knight
- Apple and Facebook hacked – No-one is immune from a cyber attack - by George Quigley
- The New Normal? - Steve Le Bas
- Is the Government doing enough for UK Manufacturing? - Tom Lawton
- It could be you! HMRC increases its focus on wealthy individuals
- Are directors paid too much? - by David Ogden
- Partner Pay & Performance in Law Firms
- FraudTrack Figures Reveal Shocking Cost of VAT Fraud to UK - Simon Bevan
- Draft 2013 Finance Bill - Tony Spillett
- M&A: Looking before Leaping - James Barraclough
- Making Internal Audit Relevant - Craig Wright
- Top tips for aspiring FDs in the TMT sector - David Butcher
- A strategic buy or a predator target? International consolidation in the transport sector
- Hot 20 FDs in TMT - Julian Frost
- Get in there first: disclose before HMRC investigates
- How to resolve tax disputes efficiently and effectively - Dawn Register
- Why businesses fail emerging from a recession - David Gilbert
- London team bolstered with fixed asset valuation expert - Andriy Lazarev
- It's not me, it's you. How to avoid a financing break-up - David Gilbert
- Sustainability - Just another business issue - Simon Pringle
- Benefit Pension Scheme is a partner - Richard Farr
- Lender fatigue is the main driver behind refinancing - David Gilbert
- In defence of tax planning - Stephen Herring
- UK manufacturers see toughest trading conditions in nearly 3 years - Tom Lawton
- Picking the team for the premier division - Scott Knight
- Time to Pay - Frank Goldberg
- Hunt for growth drives deal volumes and pricing - Peter Hemington
- A leap of faith will bridge the audit expectation gap - James Roberts
- Forensic Accounting and the Lifecycle of a Company - Mark Underwood
- Managing your company's reputation - Paul McKeown
- Collaboration is King - Martin Sweeney
- More than one third of Top 100 Law Firms expect to merge in the next three years - Benjamin Viney
- Has the Bribery Act had an Impact?
- The Great Pasty Debate - VAT on takeaway food - David McDonnell
- The AIFMD story continues to thrill - Neil Griggs
- FraudTrack 9 – Under Starter’s Orders - Simon P Bevan
- Manufacturing the Future - Tom Lawton
- What is driving value in the energy efficiency sector today? - Tomas Freyman
- HRMC launch the contractual disclosure facility - Helen Adams
- The Eurozone crisis - implications for financial reporting - Grant Robinson
- What does ‘Outcomes Focused’ Regulation mean for Law Firms? - Nick Carter-Pegg
- Bucking the Trend - Malcolm Thixton
- Yorkshire toasts ‘good health’ but emphasis on exports needed – Ian Beaumont
- Putting the UK back at the centre of innovation and IP development – James Tetley
- Real time information and how it affects your payroll - Peter Robinson
- e-Markets Disclosure Facility - Dawn Register
- The end of the road for SDLT avoidance? - Lisa Benosiglio
- iXBRL – HMRC ‘no plans to move to full tagging’ - Tony Spillett
- Competition compliance: size doesn’t matter - Kevin Haywood Crouch
- Plugging the affordable housing funding gap - Philip Rego
- Who’s up for the marathon? The Motor 150 report - Steve Le Bas
- What does the future hold for PFI? - Raphael Miller
- Pension Planning – Helen Jones
- Redknapp acquittal goes against run of play - Dawn Register
- The LDF – If you want to sleep easy, disclose early - Fiona Fernie
- Creating Incentives in Executive Pay - Chris Chapple
- Government boost to UK Life Sciences - Is it enough? - Paul Anthony
- Manufacturing Matters - What to expect in 2012 - Tom Lawton
- Inventory reduction: how to free up cash to survive and fund restructuring - Stephen Cooney
- Environmental Taxes and Incentives – Changing Behaviour? - Alex Skinner
- How effective are bonus schemes in professional services firms? - Benjamin Viney
- So you think company valuations are low? - Alex White
- Higher rate tax relief – don’t forget the basics! - Anthony Whatling
- The Bribery Act - Redbridge sends a message to the world - Andrew Maclay
- Will Generation Y drive success for family businesses and the economy? - Sally Brett
- Social Impact Bonds and beyond - Andy Mahon
- M&A market begins to stabilise but macroeconomic factors affect listed multiples - Christopher Clark
- Late tax return and late payment penalties - how to avoid them - Helen Adams
- Should the UK look to international trade for growth? - Shay Bannon
- Shareholder disputes on rise - Alex Marsden
- The clock is ticking: FATCA regulations cannot be ignored by UK financial services firms - Tim Kirk
- Businesses prove resilient to uncertain economic climate - Shay Bannon
- Beware the RDR (the Really Determined Regulator) - Alex Ellerton
- Will the hot tub finish off your Expert? - Merryck Lowe
- Service 2020 - A window into the future - Allan Evans
- Sunday Times/BDO Tech Track 100 League Table - by Nina Chesterton
- Looting- parallels with employee fraud? - Rosie Barnes
- Breaking up the banks comes at a cost - Tim Kirk
- Good riddance to summer - Don Williams
- Real Time Information - biggest change to PAYE/NIC since 1944 - An Overview - Teresa Payne
- UK / Switzerland – landmark tax deal announced - Fiona Fernie
- Staying solvent in troubled times - Dermot Power
- HMRC will publish names of taxpayers who make errors deliberately - Helen Adams
- Creating a win-win situation - Don Williams
- CEBR against the OBR - what may be the implications for the tax regime? - Tony Spillett
- Price expectation gap continues to narrow - Christopher Clark
- Spending power eroded by ‘Triple Effect’ - Danny Dartnaill
- FraudTrack - Simon P. Bevan
- The new UK Bribery Act – what does it really mean?
- Relocating to the sun – Richard Montague
- Surviving and thriving in a tough market – Tony Nygate
- Am I insolvent? - George Jacobs
- R & D tax credits – how supporting UK innovation drives a private sector led recovery – James Tetley
- Sending out the wrong message on brownfield development - Alex Skinner
- Offshore tax penalties: An update – Helen Adams
- Don’t bury good news - Michael Ware
- High hopes for lower mid-market as deal volumes steadily increase - Christopher Clark
- Third party data security – are you outsourcing your reputation? - George Quigley
- Accountants - Rolling with the Punches? – Mark Bishop
- Has the death of the consumer been greatly exaggerated? - John Le Poidevin
- Yorkshire report reveals fraud stats are too good to be true – Simon P Bevan
- Holidays? Give your employees a break - David McCrossan
- Are Hackers Driving Competitive Advantage in Oil and Energy? - George Quigley
- Can the internet save the high street? - Don Williams
- Reform of Corporate Reporting and Auditing – a silver lining to the economic cloud? - James Roberts
- Learning from Japan: Ensuring business survival - Adrian St. Vaughan
- What can retailers do to side-step insolvency? - Paul Tallon
- Reasons to be cheerful? - Malcolm Thixton
- The Government publishes the details of the Renewable Heat Incentive – Michael Ware
- Real Estate and private equity – a collaborative new era? - Jason Briggs
- India: hidden jewel - Chris Grove
- No need to wrestle with iXBRL - Tony Spillett
- An imperative to discriminate - Stephen Herring
- Quality over quantity - appetite returns for buyers and sellers of companies - Christopher Clark
- BDO LLP’s Predictions for the 2011 Budget - Stephen Herring
- Vorsprung durch manufacturing - what can the UK learn from Germany? - Tom Lawton
- Learning From Complaints Makes Complaints Worthwhile - Tim Kirk
- £650m – and what did we get for it? - Stephen Kehoe
- IAS 39 Project Part 2: Can we really expect the unexpected? - Neil Maurice
- Mid-market manufacturing M&A in 2011 and beyond - Jamie Austin
- Motor dealer group performance - Malcolm Thixton
- All firms failed to meet sale requirements finds FSA study - Kevin Farrell
- SAO - time to take action? - Lucy Sauvage
- Don’t Invite the Taxman to Your Christmas Party! - Shawn Healy
- From Banking Levy to Robin Hood tax – are we killing the golden goose? - Angela Foyle
- Private Equity: Window of Opportunity - Alex White
- Is the Green Bank the answer to the renewable funding gap? - Michael Ware
- iXBRL and FRSME - like buses, two have come at once… - John Talbot
- Credit crunch - litigation - Malcolm Cohen
- House of Lords talk to BDO about concentration in the audit market - James Roberts
- Mid-market continues to grow in confidence - Christopher Clark
- FSA Skilled Persons Reports – are they really a precursor to enforcement action? - Fiona Raistrick
- Cheers or fears for the British Pub Trade? - Dominic Stammers
- A structured Government approach to manufacturing? - Tom Lawton
- Electronic Disclosure - you need to know your data - William Wilkinson
- George’s Bungle – No pot of gold for the NHS under this rainbow - Craig Barratt
- Corporate Responsibility – busted flush or a new paradigm? - Marios Brooks
- Positive recruitment and investment intentions signal some confidence within Manufacturing
- Smart Grid - a game changer - Ian Plunkett
- How smokers and drinkers are helping BDO better understand the Comprehensive Spending Review
- Caught by CoP9? Too late for LDF - Fiona Fernie
- UK business failures fall by 18% - Shay Bannon
- The future of R&D tax relief in a climate of spending reviews - Paul Duckworth
- Public Backing for Increased Charges - Andy Mahon
- Audit Model Requires a Radical Rethink for the 21st Century - James Roberts
- Basel III - it could have been worse? - Dan Taylor
- Power to the people? - Michael Ware
- Why I’m bullish about retail - Don Williams
- Is VAT a Sacrifice? - Marc Welby
- A tale of two IPOs - Don Williams
- The Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility: An Update - Richard Morley
- Increased Q2 deal activity provides grounds for cautious optimism - Christopher Clark
- Property firms cautious despite Q2 growth - Edward Goodworth
- With-Profits Management - Delivering Fairness and Transparency - Tim Kirk
- Manufacturing performance exceeding expectations but road ahead to diverge – Tom Lawton
- Renewed optimism to fuel surge of M&A activity in 2010 - Brent Goldman
- Total marketing budgets revised down in Q2, highlighting fragile nature of recovery – Andy Viner
- Time to build links in the East? - Richard Kelly
- Legislating for Carbon - Who will pay for a Greener Britain? - Ian Plunkett
- Partnership Working – What habits really work? - Dil Sidhu
- AIM Italia – the new growth market in Italy - Alessandro Dassi
- New Economic World Order: A multipolar world emerges - Peter Hemington
- Ten things to think about when considering Software as a Service (“SaaS”)
- Power politics - Michael Ware
- Senior Accounting Officer - The story so far... - Ed Dwan
- Actions speak louder than words - Benjamin Viney
- How liquidity risk will impact on the going concern assessment - Michael Goldstein
- Conditions ripe for boost in transaction volumes - Christopher Clark
- Are you caught in the web? – Don Williams
- Why has the number of business failures been less than expected? - Shay Bannon
- Financing The Professional Service Firm - Nick Carter-Pegg
- Greenhouse gas emissions reporting – a challenge on the horizon - Ian Plunkett
- Time to invest in hotels? - Marc Reinecke
- Is MIPIM still the ‘must attend’ event of the property industry? - Stephen Herring
- Is the UK an attractive place to do business? - Duncan Taylor
- Cautious optimism but more challenge ahead - Kim Hayward
- Emerging trends in real estate transactions – Stephen Herring
- Adaptable Scottish Businesses Well Placed to Beat the Recession - Neil Craig
- Six Priorities for Government to Help Manufacturing - Tom Lawton
- UK engine room needs strategic investment to drive recovery - Tom Lawton
- A question of perspective
- Smartphones and iPads – An opportunity or a threat to UK businesses? - Peter Chadha
- Business will never be the same again - Peter Hemington
- I hear that the government are looking to make bankruptcy easier. Is this correct?
- How to restore financial stability - Peter Chidgey
- What will 2010 be serving up for the Leisure sector? - Mark Edwards
- Doctors and dentists urged to sort out their tax affairs - Dawn Register
- Drivers Jonas Deloitte - The rise of the multi-disciplinary firm? - Simon Bevan
- The gorilla in the garden - Richard Farr
- Early signs of M&A recovery? - Christopher Clark
- Mid-market private equity houses to lead investment stampede in 2010 - Alex White
- Is UK industry ready for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme? - Liz Wood
- Question the good as well as the bad - Simon P Bevan
- The green revolution: an investor's view - David Bevan
- Could a cheery festive season lead to a New Year hangover for the high street? - Don Williams
- Offering a lifeline to Yorkshire businesses - Tim Clarke
- A Copenhagen Accord - Where does that all leave us? - Ian Plunkett
- Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
- Is it back to business as usual for UK Manufacturing? – Tom Lawton
- COPENHAGEN UNRAVELLED: The implications of the climate change summit on UK industry
- A testing time for employers - David Ellis
- Two thirds of TMT clients are feeling positive about the next quarter - Julian Frost
- Should the Government be criticised for their handling of the R&D Tax Credit Scheme? - Stuart Lisle
- Leisure and Hospitality companies must address new cost challenges in 2010 - John Le Poidevin
- Raising Finance - Act now - Alex White
- The Heartland Payment Systems Data Breach – what lessons can retailers learn? - George Quigley
- Sharp rise in manufacturing confidence in Q3 - Tom Lawton
- RBS and Lloyds Banking Group branch disposals - Dan Taylor
- Disappointing Tax Collection Figures - Stephen Herring
- FSA liquidity rules are upon us - Fiona Raistrick
- Simplify employment tax to kick start recruitment – David Ellis
- Legal Services Act - reshaping for the reforms - Christopher Clark
- The time is ripe for cross-border real estate transactions
- Time to break the silence: the Labour Party - Stephen Herring
- Islamic Finance: saviour in the downturn? - Dan Taylor
- The borrower's perspective - Neil McDaid
- Changing revenue models for the media - Andrew Viner
- One year on retailers start to look to the future - Don Williams
- Time to break the silence - Stephen Herring
- What next for the manufacturing sector? - Tom Lawton
- Has scrappage helped motor turn the corner? - Steve Le Bas
- Should the construction industry broaden its horizons? - Richard Kelly
- The Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility - Dawn Register
- False self-employment in construction - Teresa Payne
- VAT - The elephant in the room - Don Williams
- Will lack of bank finance hold back growth opportunities in the Restaurant market? - David Campbell
- Swine flu - Ensuring business survival - Adrian St. Vaughan
- New Disclosure Opportunity - Richard Morley
- FSA Liquidity Regime - Are you liquid enough?
- Senior Accounting Officers - personal accountability
- The Jackson report: comments by a quantum expert
- Top 12 tips to reduce your fraud risk today - Simon Bevan
- Business outsourcing solutions - equipping clients in a global world - Richard Cantor
- Manufacturing returns to the UK? - Tom Lawton
- Innovation is the lifeblood of our economy - particularly in these challenging times - Julian Frost
- Which industry is showing strong growth? - Simon Brooker
- Ensuring insurers meet the Solvency II deadline - Kirstie Gordon
- Can the retail recovery continue? - Steve Bartlett
- The end of the road for General Motors - Sid Hopper
- Renewable heat and the crucial part that it must play in the UK's climate change solution
- Regional business leaders express cautious optimism about the future - Jeff Jones
- Social networking or social not-working? - Iain Simpson
- Personal Accountability: a time to take action - Tony Spillett
- Merger and Acquisition activity falls but there are some reasons to be optimistic
- The automotive sector: it’s survival of the fittest - Sid Hopper
- Professional services expansion overseas - Nick Carter-Pegg
- No magic solutions from the Chancellor - Stephen Herring
- Innovation is the preferred route to growth for TMT businesses – Julian Frost
- Our survey reveals 'The race to Number 10 will hinge on personal taxation' - Stephen Herring
- Are you structuring your debt in the most tax efficient way? - Richard Bertini
- Budget 2009: A grim fiscal outlook is anticipated – Stephen Herring
- Opportunities for investors with a long-term view - Solly Benaim
- Turner Review - does it affect your client? - Fiona Raistrick
- Yorkshire and Central South Reports - Ian Beaumont and Kim Hayward
- MIPIM 2009: It's back down to business - Solly Benaim
- Rupert Eastell reviews the February retail sales figures
- Penalties for incorrect tax returns - Ed Dwan
- How businesses are adapting to the recession - Peter Hemington
- Implications of the FSA’s new liquidity proposals - Fiona Raistrick
- How manufacturing is faring in the BRIC economies and the opportunities that exist - Katherine Liu
- What we might expect from the 2009 Budget - Stephen Herring
- The priorities for retailers in 2009 - Rupert Eastell
- Manufacturers - Are your bank facilities secure? - Tom Lawton
- Corporate vessels heading for the fraud iceberg - Simon Bevan