The pressure was such that, to stop the fire exits bursting open, the station staff chained and padlocked them shut (Health & Safety not being a concept yet to filter down to the farther reaches of the land of the orient). Being six foot two inches tall, a good measure higher than th...
Through a simple formula, you can derive a percentage that cuts through seasonal fluctuations and provides a clear view of your company’s progress.With the right approach and tools to measure and interpret this growth, you can make informed decisions that drive your business forward. Table of C...
IMO, all HMG calculations re tax forgone to pensions tax relief are flawed as they only measure the tax deferred on the way in and not the tax paid downstream on the way out! And guess what, those who seemingly get the biggest reliefs on the way in generally pay the most tax on the...
Bear in mind that duration is an approximate measure. It makes various simplifying assumptions about the relationship between interest rates, bond prices, and yields. But it helps to remember these opposing bond dynamics: When interest rates rise, bond prices fall. When interest rates fall, bond ...
bearing in mind that they also need to connect with other stakeholders within the organization – so stakeholders outside of the tax function – it's really important that that connection is maintained and is easily used, and that it functions well. The other stakeholders of a tax fun...
Therefore I do not blame the wokesters for drawing our attention to oppression. Oppression is real, it is widespread, and it should be opposed. What I blame them for is twofold. Firstly, taking oppression to be the one and only measure of every ethical and political question. Secondly, cla...
For it to be really effective, you need to measure this over a period of time and identify what changes have occurred and its effect on your sales velocity figures. For example, if you had the above figures in March, and by June your figures read: ...
But surely the very fact that a tiny increase in the system-gain factor that is the measure of feedback response can have so disproportionately large an impact on ECS means the current official estimates of ECS are a possibility? Yes, high ECS is possible. However, after correcting t...
2 Buy made-to-measure shirts Much as I love bespoke shirts, this is the first thing I would spend less money on. The handwork and the fit matters less than with tailoring, and the quality less than with shoes. The look of a shirt is 90% the collar: get one that really works for...
Cost of equity = risk free rate + beta [i.e. risk measure] * (expected market return – risk free rate) Calculating WACC If the company has used different methods of financing, then the cost of capital is calculated by the weighted average cost of capital. The above formulas are also ...