The Treasurer September 2002

Editorial

Welcome back to all our readers from what I hope was an enjoyable summer break. Despite the encumbrances of out-of-office messages and voicemails, my colleagues have been hard at work planning on your behalf: editorial for this magazine and the new-look Handbook (due out in February 2003), conferences, seminars, exam papers and revision schools.
It is now nine months since the euro became the currency of 12 nations in the European Union, and it is a good time to consider what Euroland and the euro mean for the UK treasurer.