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Is The Non-executive Director worth saving
November 10, 2024

Is the Non-Executive Director Worth Saving? (1/5)
PDF Introduction Is the non-executive director (NED) an endangered species? Does it matter? Neither corporate collapse nor corporate scandal are new. They rightly attract media scrutiny and the interest of policymakers and regulators. Illustrative examples include Thomas Cook (2019), Carillion (2018), Patisserie Valerie (2018), Northern Rock (2007) and, earlier, Barings Bank (1995). In the charity...
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December 14, 2021

Brian Griffiths: A Celebration of Advent
  The meaning of Advent I must first make a confession. I love carol services. I love singing carols. I love the Christmas tree. I love Christmas decorations. I love the festivities of Christmas. They remind me of when I was very young singing carols from house to house in Fforestfach which was then a...
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December 7, 2021

Long a political target, big business polls better than you might think

By John Kroencke

Despite criticising the actions of big business being a favourite pastime of many a business minister, John Kroencke writes that wider opinion of big business is actually more favourable than we might expect.  Like many I rely on Amazon. In fact, there is rarely a week where a package doesn’t arrive on my doorstep. While...
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July 15, 2021

Saving for a Property-Owning Democracy – Andrei Rogobete
Link to Full Text: Saving for a Property-Owning Democracy – Andrei E. Rogobete   About the Author: Andrei E. Rogobete is Associate Director with the Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics. He is the author of several publications, including Ethics in Global Business: Building Moral Capitalism and The Challenges of Migration and The UK Savings […]
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July 15, 2021

CEME Project: Why Saving Matters
Most people today who pay any attention to the news will be familiar with key economic concepts – consumption, investment, public expenditure, output, exports, imports, unemployment, economic growth, the balance of payments, public borrowing, interest rates, inflation, the national debt. Yet the one measure we hear little about is saving. Saving has become the Cinderella...
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Local and Personal
July 15, 2021

Richard Turnbull: The Local and Personal
Full Text Link: Local and Personal: The Principles and Practice of Saving in Victorian England – Revd Dr Richard Turnbull   About the Publication: Richard Turnbull explores the principles and practices of saving in Victorian England, highlighting the significance of local financial institutions and their impact on society.   About the Author: Richard Turnbull is...
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July 15, 2021

Who Needs Barns? – Bishop Peter Selby
Link to Full Text: Who Needs Barns? – Bishop Peter Selby   About the Author: Peter Selby was the Bishop of Worcester and Bishop to HM Prisons until his retirement in 2007, and was President of the National Council for Independent Monitoring Boards from 2008 to 2013. He is the author of Grace and Mortgage:...
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July 15, 2021

The Case for Normalised Interest Rates – Dr Peter Warburton
Link to Full Text: The Case for Normalised Interest Rates – Dr Peter Warburton   About the Author: Peter Warburton has worked as an applied economist in the UK since 1975, starting out as a researcher at the London Business School. He gained his PhD from City University in 1987 and has worked as a...
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