The dotcom crash is a distant memory. The survivors were those companies that use the internet's power to connect people - and that have good financial control. Just as Rob Mogford, FD of Friends Reunited, does

There's a lot going on at Muntons, a Suffolk-based company that manufactures malt. FD Roger Barker talks to us about the exporting market and why warm weather is good for business.

It might be one of the world’s best known brands, but making sure Canon’s customers get the best possible service on the ground is Peter Brown’s priority. So what does this Canon lifer bring to the party?

Stationery Box was a retail basket case four years ago. Then FD Neil Mason arrived as part of a new management team. This year, it’s made a profit. So, how do you top a turnaround?

Ok, they're not in Europe (yet) but in the stormy world of premiership finances, Tottenham Hotspur is, relatively speaking, a rock of stability. FD Matthew Collecott shows us how to keep a club in the black.

Mike Hannant, group FD of e2v, can genuinely claim to be driving international growth. But expanding into new territories can bring its own headaches.

Malcolm Simpson is the FD who's overseen the growth of the Greggs bakery chain from a family firm run out of a suburban semi to a FTSE 250 powerhouse.

In his first 18 months at Ottakar's, Michael Hitchcock had an MBO deal derailed by HMV's bid for the group. But that was just the beginning.

Since becoming an interim FD in 2004, Mike Pawley has helped all kinds of businesses develop. We followed him to see if a part-time FD make a full-time difference.

Helen Bates is FD of the Birmingham Hippodrome but unlike some theatres, she's got no public money to play with. So it's all down to teamwork to make sure the show goes on.