This article was co written by Mark Lumsdon Taylor and Sabrina Freitas. We should not be surprised. Every stunted potato in a field, and every brown, scorched pasture across the wider UK countryside is not an ‘Eclipse’ moment or event. It is the simple and inevitable arithmetic of a planet that has just lived through…
Emeritus Professor Joe Nellis is Head of Economic Research at MHA, the accountancy and advisory firm. With inflation rising to 3.3% in August and Brent crude oil once again above $100 a barrel, the European Central Bank has decided that the European — and global, economy is no longer facing merely a short-term inflation shock.…
The AI talent challenge nobody is talking about. Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the defining business story of the decade. Organisations are dedicating significant resources to automation, data systems, and AI tools to increase productivity and efficiency, accelerate decision-making, and cut costs-but this focus risks overlooking deeper organisational implications. The commercial logic for the uptake…
The Republic of Moldova is going through one of the most transformative periods in its recent economic history. With the opening, in June 2026, of the first cluster of negotiations (“Fundamentals”) in the process of accession to the European Union, and with the declared objective of opening all negotiating clusters by the end of the…
“We’ve sold almost every apartment, so why haven’t our profits increased?” This is one of the most common questions property developers ask when reviewing their financial statements. Imagine a developer who has pre-sold 80% of a new residential project. Buyers have paid substantial deposits, banks are satisfied with the pre-sales, and construction is progressing according…
According to a report published by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) earlier this month, total assets under management in the Cyprus fund industry stood at €11.2 billion in Q4 2025, down 1.97% quarter-on-quarter. Despite this modest contraction, the composition of the market points to the continued dominance of alternative investment structures and a…
Inventory is often one of the most significant assets on a company’s balance sheet, therefore is one of the most critical areas to audit. Inventory costing determines how the cost of goods sold (COGS) and ending inventory is calculated. The choice of inventory costing method—whether First-In, First-Out (FIFO), Last-In, First-Out (LIFO), or Weighted Average Cost—can…
From record-keeper to architect of value: the skills that will matter most in the era of agentic AI For decades, a company’s finance function has been synonymous with rigor, control, and a backward-looking gaze: month-end closings, reconciliations, reports that confirm what has already happened. The chief financial officer was, in essence, the guardian of the…
In real estate development, success is often associated with location, design and timing. These factors matter. But they are no longer enough. Having worked with developers, contractors, investors and lenders across the construction and real estate sector for many years, it’s evident that the projects which perform best are not always the most ambitious or…