Financial directors are 'very much at risk of becoming scapegoats' if they remain hesitant to disclose the true financial state of their company when ...
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View articleEasycar has appointed two former retail executives as independent directors as it prepares to float on the London Stock Exchange. Read More...
View articleAccording to a report in the Daily Telegraph, the current finance director of P&O Princess Cruises could be on his way out. Read More...
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View articleIn the European publishing market mergers and acquisitions have fallen 48% by comparison to last year. Read More...
View articleRumblings of discontent about the EU's prospective directive - the document that attempts to harmonise the rules on flotation prospectuses across all ...
View articleMajestic Wine has been voted AIM company of the year at the seventh annual AIM awards, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the London Stock Exchan...
View articleA couple of weeks ago, 30 corporate financiers were caught with their trousers well and truly down. Read More...
View articleThe proposed merger between Granada and Carlton has failed to give corporate finance experts hope that the deal could herald the return of M&A activit...
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View articleThe amount of money being invested by corporations in start-up companies has fallen dramatically since the dotcom bubble burst, matching a general dec...
View articleIt will be next week before the world knows who will be the finance director of the company that will be created from the merger between Carlton Commu...
View articleLloyds TSB is to introduce credit interest on current accounts for SMEs with a turnover of up to £25m per year. The move, a response to the Competitio...
View articleThe number of companies floating on the stock market has plummeted in the year to date, while the value of management buy-outs has boomed, according t...
View articleMost people involved in flotation work are aware of the proposed Prospectus Directive issued by the EC. But how many are aware of its detailed provisi...
View articleThe withdrawal of the Big Four from regional corporate finance work has created a vacuum which mid-tier firms are keen to fill. Read More...
View articleVenture Capitalists are confident that deal activity will pick up over the next six months, with disposals of non-core subsidiaries providing the bigg...
View articleThe corporate finance market is facing one of its biggest shake-ups since the large firms began to muscle in on the investment banks' territory a deca...
View articleA dearth of big ticket work for Big Four corporate finance firms is creating a new competitive battlefield on territory traditionally occupied by the ...
View articleStephen Barrett has been appointed as the next international chairman of KPMG Corporate Finance. Read More...
View articleFears are growing that accountants working at the heart of the beleaguered corporate finance sector could soon lose even more work as a result of a Eu...
View articleUK venture capitalists are upbeat about the prospects for increased deal activity in the market over the next six months, according to the latest quar...
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