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<br /> INTELLIGENCE AND INSIGHT<br /> MAY 2015 | ICAEW.COM/ECONOMIA ISSUE 38 | ACCOUNTANCY | FINANCE | BUSINESS<br /> THE DEFICIT<br /> BILLABLE HOURS<br /> AUDIT CULTURE<br /> Step up<br /> As she prepares to<br /> become the first<br /> woman to take the top<br /> job at Grant Thornton,<br /> Sacha Romanovitch<br /> reveals her manifesto<br /> <br /> The recent UK general<br /> election campaign<br /> has seen almost all<br /> politicians, regardless<br /> of party allegiance,<br /> adopt a stance that<br /> is critical of the way<br /> business conducts itself.<br /> Politicians exist to garner popular support<br /> and tap into public opinion. If there has<br /> been a trend to anti-business rhetoric in<br /> politics, it is surely a reflection of a wider<br /> disaffection with business. By almost every<br /> measure the public trusts business less<br /> than ever. 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