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Sep
2
Since the UK was hit hard by the economic downturn, levels of trust in small businesses have fallen significantly.
A recent report revealed that small businesses are being blamed for recession woes. A study of 5000 employees showed those fallen victim to redundancies or closures have been rinsed of trust. Employer trust levels fell to 51, on a scale of 1 to 100.
On the other hand, firms who have taken a more measured response during the recession, such as flexible working and budget cuts, have seen a rise in trust to 68.
Further research by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) found that trust for female management had increased positively.
Aug
28
The return of Asil Nadir, saying he wants justice at last, takes us back to the corporate villains and scandals of an earlier era: that of Maxwell, Peter Clowes, BCCI and Guinness. Those days are long gone: a series of accounting reforms were put in place, but the scandals of yesteryear have been eclipsed by the cataclysmic losses of the credit crunch. Even Nadir’s would-be nemesis, the Serious Fraud Office, had pretty much forgotten about the fugitive, and his case files were gathering cobwebs.
The SFO, and the government, might wish they had continued to do so. His return at this juncture is bad timing from the Conservatives’ point of view, reminding people as it does of his ties with the Major administration. Nadir was a significant donor to the Tories and his downfall forced the resignation of former Northern Ireland minister Michael Mates, who had given the disgraced tycoon a watch engraved: “Don’t let the buggers get you down.” Plenty of people were cheerleaders for Nadir. Many were taken in by the Polly Peck story, including much of the City, an army of small investors and some leading journalists, but his return intensifies the focus on the relations between politicians and businessmen.
This is turning into a problem for the Tories. David Cameron has come under fire in a “cash for access” row for allowing businessmen who join the “Leaders’ Group” of fundraisers to meet him at social functions in return for a donation of £50,000. The appointment of Sir Philip Green as cost-cutting tsar raised questions over the tax status of his wife Tina, a resident of Monaco. Then there is hedge fund manager Jon “Keyser Söze” Wood, whose £500,000 donation came under scrutiny amid questions about his tax status and whose firm was the subject of claims that it tried to profit from the collapse of Northern Rock.
Also under the microscope was David Rowland, a tax exile for four decades who contributed £2.7m to Conservative election coffers and who recently stepped aside as party treasurer. Apparently the prime minister was warned Rowland’s status might undermine his attempts to clean up party fundraising by billionaire businessman Lord Ashcroft, who himself had been at the centre of a row over his non-dom status, and Michael Spencer, chairman of City firm Icap, who last year admitted breaking stock exchange rules by using shares in a company he chairs as security for a loan.
This, and the return of Mr Nadir, creates the impression that, for all the talk of the Big Society, the Tories have not moved that far from the Alan B’Stard years. Not that New Labour spurned links with businessmen – far from it. Remember Bernie Ecclestone and the Hindujas? Gordon Brown’s backers included the non-domiciled Lord Paul and private equity baron Sir Ronald Cohen, who refuses to say whether he is a non-dom too. Politicians of all stripes need a long spoon when they sup with businessmen, however spotless their reputation. It is dangerous for democracy if tycoons, particularly those who do not live here or pay full taxes, gain too much influence.
Links between politics and business played, and continue to play, a major role in the financial meltdown and its resolution, with some powerful alumni of Goldman Sachs centre stage.
Robert Rubin, former US treasury secretary and a 26-year veteran at Goldman, was instrumental in the repeal of laws that had protected the mainstream banking system from casino-style speculation since the Great Depression. He went on to take a senior position at Citigroup, the main beneficiary of the liberalisation of the banking regime, and one of the major culprits in the meltdown. Hank Paulson, another former Goldmanite and former US treasury secretary, came under fire for the bailout of AIG, since his old firm was one of the failed insurer’s largest counterparties. The banks have subsequently mobilised hundreds of millions of pounds to lobby against post-crunch reforms.
As for Nadir, there may be practical obstacles in mounting a credible case after so much time. And the Tories being back in power may work in his favour; he has not ruled out making fresh donations to the party. Relations between businessmen and politicians need to be overhauled – and despite the difficulties in reconstructing evidence, the Serious Fraud Office owes it to the creditors of Polly Peck to do its utmost to see that justice is done.
Aug
21
The recently moribund merger and acquisition (M&A) departments at investment banks are unexpectedly having one of the busiest Augusts on record, following the explosion of energy deals this week.
Transactions such as BHP Billiton’s $43.8bn (£28bn) takeover of Canada’s Potash Corp have lifted global M&A weekly volume to $89.8bn, the highest since November last year, and the busiest August week since 2006, according to data from ThomsonReuters.
The sudden jump has caught some bankers off guard.
Aug
16
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Aug
11
Standard & Poor’s has kept the government on notice that it is still reviewing Britain’s creditworthiness after the Bank of England downgraded its forecasts for the country’s economic growth.
The ratings agency pointed out that its own forecast for growth between 2010 and 2012 was 1.8% – considerably more pessimistic than Threadneedle Street’s prediction of 3%.
Britain has a coveted AAA rating, which George Osborne wants to cling on to because it keeps the country’s interest payments as low as possible.
S&P spelt out that Britain was not out of the woods. “