Excel chimp: crunching numbers, counting beans

Question: what do: (a) Black Economic Empowerment (b) Harry Enfield , and (c) Razorlight have in common? Simple. As a result of (a), milli...

Out and about last night (rare enough nowadays at a marginal cost of £8 per hour for babysitting), first to an art gallery (just a buncha p...

“Making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg - it seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else” Thanks to LBJ (...

Being the Wednesday of Administrative Professionals Week® (formerly Professional Secretaries Week®), today is officially Administrative Prof...

So dazvedanya Boris - the last of the great boozers in a position of power and influence, ignoring Charles Kennedy, of course. Feeling less ...

Happy St George’s Day . Last I checked on Google News, the only media outlets making any reference to this were the Wimbledon Guardian , Bla...

Having assumed that Reader’s Digest must have closed down years ago, I am proved wrong – apparently there are still enough readers out ther...

Check it out - a graphical representation of this blog (yes, I've been drinking), thanks to the fine people at Websites as Graphs . Give...

Aggressive Tre is behind today’s title – you’ve got to respect him for suggesting a VAT fraud in front of Sralan’s slightly ludicrous in-ho...

Good to see that following yesterday’s slip by Des Browne, firmly not saying sorry is now very much back on the political agenda. To quote ...

Today’s entry is dedicated to Des Browne, the soon-to-be-former Defence Secretary, who made history yesterday by being the first ever membe...

Ah, dining al desko once again after a week in the highly unlikely Devon sun. I am in trouble with the powers that be for submitting time...

Today's post (which is in a holiday mood) is proudly dedicated to the Baron , who after this afternoon is giving up exciting opportuniti...

Thanks to the late Gipper for today's title. Just goes to prove that you be a slacker and still make it to the top, provided that you...

This morning’s blog title is courtesy of Gerard Depardieu, the celebrated French baquet de saindoux (‘tub of lard’ to you mon ami ), perha...

Back in the office after training. Today's title is a memorable quote from one of the partners running the course. Makes you think, d...

So I'm on shore leave for the time being, and spent today at a jolly corporate training facility (whose meeting rooms are named after ir...

The Apprentice is back tomorrow – check out this year’s crop of unpleasant obnoxious over-achievers, who still don’t get the basic premise...

Apparently a quiet news day for the Daily Telegraph today. Having a delightful (and forever chaste) daughter myself, I shouldn’t be writing ...

Thanks to the late, great Anglo-Yank Alastair Cooke for today's blog title - an uncannily accurate description of beancounting towers, ...

An Excel Chimp budget day scoop - insider knowledge of GB's final budget!

So I was on the train home last night accompanied by the usual collection of South African accountants heading to Wimbledon and corporate br...

Finally signed off regional project on Friday, although not without a couple of calls in the middle of the night. Now facing the ghastly pr...

Here again in the spooky cold office with no-one else around and the lights going out every five minutes requiring a ridiculous dance which...

So, it's approaching 4am, and I'm engrossed in part 8 of 'Deutsche Plus' on the BBC Learning Zone. So just who the f*ck sit...