My Cup Runneth Over March 1, 2016
Posted by Audit Monkey in The State of the British Nation.Tags: OFWAT, Pennon Group, South West Water, Water Companies, Yorkshire Water
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In recent months there has been considerable media coverage devoted to Google’s relatively small tax payments to the British government in comparison to its total turnover. (more…)
Gas and Go September 24, 2015
Posted by Audit Monkey in The Joy & Pain of Internal Audit, The State of the British Nation.Tags: Allister Heath, corporate governance, corporate governance failures, diesel device, diesel emissions, emissions, Jim Gee, NHS counter fraud service, NHS fraud, VW, VW Scandal
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The VW fake emissions saga is rumbling on. Of course, there has been the inevitable media frenzy with every columnist in the Western world commentating on the wrong doings. One of my more favourite columnists, Allister Heath, formerly of CityAM and now Business Editor at The Telegraph has waded in. The full article can be found here.
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Rugby World Cup 2015 – The TMO Scores… September 19, 2015
Posted by Audit Monkey in The State of the British Nation.Tags: England -v- Fuji, Nikola Matawalu, Rugby World Cup, TMO
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At last, the Rugby World Cup kicked off yesterday (17/09/15) and we can look forward to another six weeks of rugby. After a short opening ceremony at Twickenham, the first game between England and Fuji commenced.
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Your Compensation is Cancelled – Please See Airline September 12, 2015
Posted by Audit Monkey in The State of the British Nation.Tags: CAA, EU flight delay compensation, EU laws, FCA, Financial Services Ombudsman, flight delay claims, FSCS, industry regulation, Mark Frary, PRA, regulation, toothless CAA
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In the recent decade, we have witnessed the huge growth of regulation in Financial Services (FS). While other industries in the UK are regulated, such as telecoms, water, food and travel, the level of regulation of these industries has been light as these industries are, to a degree, self-regulating. If you don’t like your mobile phone company, you can switch. If the water company doesn’t treat the water properly, there would be an endemic. (I’ll ignore the fact untreated sewage is dumped into the Thames but still.) You get the gist.
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Sale or Return August 10, 2015
Posted by Audit Monkey in The State of the British Nation.Tags: internet retailing, internet sales, online retailing
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As some will note I haven’t commented on the Tom Hayes trial, corruption at FIFA and continuing fuss at the Kids Company. I’m sure I will get around to this shortly. However, one item which caught my eye was an article in the Sunday Telegraph (8th August 2015) concerning online shopping.
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