CFO Archives - The Norman Broadbent Group

In CFO

A Brexit Dividend or Boris Bounce?

In 2019, activity slowed in developing and advanced economies, with trade tensions weighing on exports, industrial output, and capital spending. However, despite last year’s slow pace of global economic growth, Q4 2019 was exceptionally busy for our CFO Practice. Due to UK economic uncertainty, many clients...

February 6, 2020

In CFO

Retail CFO ‘snap-shot’

Over Christmas many ‘high street names’ suffered due to lack of consumer confidence, a change in buying habits, and shift to online. The likes of John Lewis, N Brown, Moss Bros, Joules, Topps Tiles and Superdry all featured in this challenging roll-call … The impact...

February 6, 2020

In CFO

Industrials: Interim Update

Across the Industrials sector, Norman Broadbent’s Interim CFO Practice has supported a multitude of clients seeking advice, market insight, and benchmarking for singular and project hires. With Brexit negotiations going down to the wire, and increased pressure from competitors, the requirements for exceptional interim finance...

November 6, 2019

In CFO

Why Diversity is important

The CFO and their finance function are operating in a new and ever changing world. Organisations face almost unprecedented uncertainty, and the business environment is more complex, and evolving at a pace not seen before. In this brave new world, the finance function extends well...

November 6, 2019

In CFO, Retail

A changing mix of proposition (and people)

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it did. Thomas Cook went into liquidation … Ted Baker swung from a £24.5m profit to a £23m LFL loss for the 28 weeks to August 10 … and even Aldi, with its outstanding track record of...

October 17, 2019

In CFO

CFO H1 Review

Norman Broadbent Interim CFO Industrials Practice Half Year Review The first 6 months of 2019 are almost over, and we have already seen unprecedented demand for CFOs in the Industrials space. This market continues to be majorly disrupted by Brexit and economic uncertainty, particularly within...

June 18, 2019

In CFO, News

“Brace! Brace!” No Deal = hard-landing

“Brace! Brace!” No Deal = hard-landing Over 75% of CFOs we have engaged with these past 6 months have been unequivocal about how negatively Brexit will affect their business. Many have commented that they are cautious about capital expenditure and M&A activity. A recent Deloitte survey...

March 5, 2019

In CFO, Finance, Interim Management

CFO Review

Much has been written about the changing role of the CFO. Such changes were very much in evidence as we worked closely with Clients during 2018. In a number of instances, the CFO is also de facto Deputy CEO whose remit can include Technology, HR,...

January 30, 2019

In CFO, News, Retail

#Retail2018: Anyone learnt anything?

Plummeting share prices, profit warnings, C-Suite exits, rising costs, tech/online disruption, and changes in consumer behaviour: just some of challenges many Retail leaders faced last year. Against this backdrop, demand is higher than ever for CFOs (Interim or FTE) with significant change/transformation expertise to help...

January 28, 2019

In CFO, Finance, News

PE People Moves: January 2019

The following appointments have all taken place during the last few months, covering the full breadth of the wider Private Equity marketplace. If you would like to discuss the PE marketplace or how Norman Broadbent can help your business, please contact: Kristian Lee at kristian.lee@normanbroadbentinterim.com or...

January 23, 2019