Newcastle University

Introduction

Dr Simon Parry is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Prior to becoming a full-time lecturer he worked in various accounting and management roles in practice, industry and the public sector and ran his own business for many years.

Qualifications

BA(Hons), MBA, PhD, FCA, FHEA

Memberships

Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Member of Institute for Small Business and Enterpreneurship (ISBE)

Research Interests

Research interests focus on the relationship between accounting practices and organisational form, strategy and culture and how accounting impacts on the growth and development of small businesses.

Current work focuses on environmental responsibility and dosclosure practices in micro-businesses.

• Parry SN. Going Green: The Evolution of Micro-Business Environmental Practices. Business Ethics: A European Review 2012, 21(2), 220-237.
• Peck F, Mulvey G, Jackson K, Cabras I, Parry S, Jackson J. The Impacts and Significance of Rates Relief for Business Support in Wales. In: Sustainable Futures: Enterprising Landscapes and Communities (34th Institute of Small Business and Enterprise conference). 2011, Shefield.
• Parry SN. Environmental responsibility in micro businesses: an examination of aspiration against practice. In: Sustainable Futures: Enterprising Landscapes and Communities (34th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference). 2011, Sheffield.
• Bamber M, Parry SN. The corporate use of images in the face of catastrophe. In: Financial Reporting and Business Communication Fifteenth Annual Conference. 2011, Bristol.
• Parry SN. Smalltalk: Rhetoric of control as a barrier to growth in artisan micro-firms. International Small Business Journal 2010, 28(4), 378-397.
• Peck F, Mulvey G, Jackson K, Parry S, Jackson J. An Evaluation of the Small Business Rates Relief Scheme in Wales. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government, 2010. Government Social Research 07/2010.
• Parry SN, Bamber M. Feedforward as a formative process: the reaction of accounting students. Practitioner Research in Higher Education 2010, 4(1), 62-72.
• Parry SN, Jackson K. Small Business Rates Relief in the UK: A Comparative Review. In: Institute for Small Business and Enterpreneurship Annual Conference. 2010, London, UK.
• Peck F, Parry S, Jackson K, Jackson J. Review And Assessment Of The Methodology Of The Retail Enforcement Pilot (Rep) In A Business Environment. Carlisle, Cumbria, UK: Local Better Regulations Office (LBRO), 2009.
• Parry SN. The Greening of Rural Cumbrian Micro-Businesses. In: Institute for Small Business and Enterpreneurship. 2009, Liverpool, UK.
• Parry S, Bamber M, Marsh T. Is feed forward the way forward?. In: CEAL /C-SHEN Assessment in Higher Education Conference. 2009, University of Cumbria, Carlisle, UK.
• Bamber M, Parry SN. An investigation of trends between students' learning approaches and tutors' teaching approaches. In: BAA Accounting Education SIG Conference. 2008, Seville, Spain.
• Khan MS, Parry SN. The role of Micro Finance in the Empowerment of Women in Pakistan. In: NDR Cymru: Perspectives on Development IV. 2007, Gregynog Hall, Newtown Powys Wales, UK.
• Parry SN. Accounting research in the micro-firm: agendas, perspectives and methodologies. Cyprus International Journal of Management 2007, 12(1), 5-21.