The chief financial officer is not just a number cruncher but should be the “seat of wisdom” in an organisation, the final session of the CIPFA conference was told yesterday.
A number of government projects should be sidelined to allow resources and manpower to be diverted to deal with Brexit, Bernard Jenkin told the CIPFA conference.
Data-hungry corporations could offer great saving opportunities to the public sector but this is a double-edged sword, Evgeny Morozov has told CIPFA’s annual conference.
February’s housing white paper “signalled government has started to understand some of the key issues” that hold back housing delivery, CIPFA conference heard from Eamonn Boylan,...
Devolution done well could deliver growth that would cancel out the damage that will be done to the economy by Brexit, CIPFA conference delegates have heard.
Public sector professionals “need to step up to the mark and be counted”, the detective involved in the Rochdale grooming case told the CIPFA conference this morning.
Negotiating and influencing abilities are increasingly important parts of senior public sector accountants’ skill set, Amsterdam’s chief financial officer told the CIPFA conference.
The UK’s productivity problem starts with early years education as failures at this stage have repercussions throughout people’s lives, the CIPFA conference heard.
Local authority-run companies should avoid having too many council members on executive boards to ensure commercial success, CIPFA’s annual conference was told.
The finance directors of 2030 will need better people skills than their counterparts of today normally have, and be less focussed on technical accounting, a session at the CIPFA conference has heard.
The public sector must remain resilient as austerity looks likely to continue well into the next decade, the CIPFA president said in his opening address to conference this morning.
CIPFA has called on local government to be alert for five warning signs of financial stress and has set out how it can build resilience into plans and operations.
Accountants wield considerable power and need to adhere to a strict code of ethics and high professional standards to ensure their decisions are not tainted
Brexit and the uncertainty following the surprise general election result do not excuse the government from facing up to outstanding public finance difficulties, CIPFA’s incoming president has...
The public’s attitude to austerity has changed. With costs and inflation rising, the public sector needs good leadership and sound financial management more than ever.
NHS providers have succeeded in cutting their deficit by two-thirds over the financial year just ended, however the service missed its target by more than £200m, official figures have shown.
The government needs to stop its piecemeal approach to NHS support and fix underlying funding problems, Niall Dickson chief executive of the NHS Confederation has said.