Auditing is not a sexy subject. But in recent years the auditors of our major businesses have let the public down to a staggering extent. Let me start by restating why audits were introduced. In the 19th century, to encourage trade, businesses were allowed to become limited liability companies, meaning that the liability of the…
Month: June 2018
It isn’t Colonel Mustard.
If it was a game of Cluedo the prime suspect would be Amazon, in the high street with a web browser, but the causes of the devastation of retailing in many town centres is actually more complex than this, even though it is easy to blame the increase in e-commerce and online shopping. Like most…