Member in practice: seen as a sort of deus ex machina? (interview with United Kingdom accounting...

UK accounting consultant Colin Greenfield became a self-employed consultant at the age of 50, after being made redundant from his job as a financial director of an engineering firm. Greenfield offers his services as financial director on a consulting basis, working from his own home and building a small but important group of clients. Greenfield initially found self-employment rather isolating, with a major element of self-discipline being essential to made the business a success.

This month Tony Boffey travels to Oldham to meet Colin Greenfield, a Member in Practice who took up co