Time For Training
This post is inspired by Simon Guilfoyle and his excellent blog on train targets and performance measures. If you haven’t read it, go and do so before coming back to read this! You can find Simon’s...
View ArticleTales from the Private Sector; the rush to get the figures out
Month end is the dread of every finance department. The pressure is always on to “get the figures out”. The figures are normally based on monthly management accounts and contain some sort of variation...
View ArticleA Very Average Blog
An article in the Independent on Sunday reminded me of a nice little exercise we do to help people identify the difference between good and bad performance measures. Take a look at the below table,...
View ArticleDeeply Dippy from Dangerous Data
News agencies across the country have been frothing at the mouth over the possibility of a triple dip recession. I have puzzled over this term for a while now, as headline-friendly economic analysis...
View ArticleInsurance costs down! Or up! Maybe.
Thanks to @SimonJGuilfoyle for pointing out this fantastic good news story about record falls in the cost of our car insurance. You see, the AA tracks price changes in our insurance costs and publishes...
View ArticleHappy New Year?
Happy New Year! No, really, I hope 2014 is very happy for you. How happy is ‘very happy’? Very happy indeed, I say. How will we all know if you’ve succeeded in having as happy a 2014 as I’m wishing...
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