Receivers in at Photobition
Business Recovery

Receivers in at Photobition

23y Philip Smith.

Receivers in at Photobition

Receivers from Andersen have been called in at Photobition, the troubled display graphics group, after banks refused to agree a restructuring of the g...

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FD profile: Simon Laffin
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FD profile: Simon Laffin

23y Tom Berry

FD profile: Simon Laffin

Simon Laffin is a finance man, not a retailer. But he learned a lot when his boss told him to spend four months managing his local Safeway. Even now h...

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Boots defends switch to bonds
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Boots defends switch to bonds

23y Michelle Perry

Boots defends switch to bonds

Boots, the UK's largest high street chemist, has denied industry claims that it switched its pension funds into bonds to avoid a hit to profits caused...

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DTI review to rationalise grants
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DTI review to rationalise grants

23y AccountancyAge.com

DTI review to rationalise grants

Hundreds of government business support schemes could be merged into five or six strategic pots as part of the DTI's ongoing review of business suppor...

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Brave new world for FDs
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Brave new world for FDs

23y Peter Bartram

Brave new world for FDs

On 11 September so much was destroyed that business is still trying to pick up the pieces. It is clear now that the way companies used to work has gon...

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FDs vital in troubled times
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FDs vital in troubled times

23y Michelle Perry

FDs vital in troubled times

An overwhelming eight out of ten finance directors this week said the role of FD becomes more vital at times of economic slowdown, reaffirming the imp...

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Directors suffer sleepless nights
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Directors suffer sleepless nights

23y Philip Smith.

Directors suffer sleepless nights

One in three directors have sleepless nights worrying about their company's finances, but many more are fundamentally ignorant of their responsibiliti...

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Lloyd's FD attacks doubters
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Lloyd's FD attacks doubters

23y Chris Quick

Lloyd's FD attacks doubters

The finance chief of Lloyd's of London has hit out at those who have expressed doubts about the ability of Lloyd's of London to trade forward in the w...

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Healthcare index brought to life
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Healthcare index brought to life

23y Adriana Zea

Healthcare index brought to life

The London Stock Exchange has today launched the techMARK mediscience index for emerging international healthcare companies. Read More...

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BT's Bonfield quits early
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BT's Bonfield quits early

23y James Middleton

BT's Bonfield quits early

BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield will be stepping down from the position in January, a year early, with a golden handshake of £1.5m, the telco sa...

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Son of Railtrack delayed
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Son of Railtrack delayed

23y Michelle Perry

Son of Railtrack delayed

There will be no successor to Railtrack in place within the next six months nor will any private money be raised to fund its new structure, the beleag...

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Treasury backs anti-terror plan
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Treasury backs anti-terror plan

23y Alex Miller.

Treasury backs anti-terror plan

The Treasury has today welcomed tough new measures to tackle terrorist financing. Read More...

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Slowdown wipes out internet recovery
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Slowdown wipes out internet recovery

23y Damian Wild

Slowdown wipes out internet recovery

The worldwide economic slowdown has wiped out signs of recovery in Europe's beleaguered internet sector, with up to 30% of dot.coms at risk of running...

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Aitken settles terms with creditors
Business Recovery

Aitken settles terms with creditors

23y Adriana Zea

Aitken settles terms with creditors

Mid-tier firm Baker Tilly has reached an agreement with Jonathan Aitken?s creditors which would formally release the disgraced former cabinet minister...

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SEC names enforcement chief
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SEC names enforcement chief

23y Michelle Perry

SEC names enforcement chief

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has offically appointed Stephen M. Cutler as enforcement director. Read More...

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EU harmony to cost business £1.3bn
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EU harmony to cost business £1.3bn

23y Adriana Zea

EU harmony to cost business £1.3bn

A proposal by the European Commission is likely to cost quoted companies across the EU about £1.3bn per year according to the Quoted Companies? Allian...

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Boo exposes cost of CFO
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Boo exposes cost of CFO

23y Gavin Hinks

Boo exposes cost of CFO

The KPMG partner who served as interim chief financial officer at notorious dotcom failure boo.com charged the doomed startup £1,750 a day for her ser...

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Stock exchange loses LIFFE
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Stock exchange loses LIFFE

23y Adriana Zea

Stock exchange loses LIFFE

Euronext, the merged Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels securities markets, has beaten the London Stock Exchange in its bid for LIFFE, buying the futures a...

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Reuters releases first XBRL results
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Reuters releases first XBRL results

23y Philip Smith.

Reuters releases first XBRL results

XBRL, the revolutionary internet financial reporting language, has scored its first European success with the release of Reuters' third-quarter result...

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Analysts in the dark over goodwill
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Analysts in the dark over goodwill

23y Michelle Perry

Analysts in the dark over goodwill

More than three in ten listed companies are misleading analysts by keeping them in the dark over their goodwill amortisation policies, new research ha...

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Profit warnings surge, says E&Y
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Profit warnings surge, says E&Y

23y AccountancyAge.com

Profit warnings surge, says E&Y

Up to 150 FTSE-listed companies will downgrade their profit expectations in the last quarter, Ernst & Young has predicted. Read More...

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Kvaerner gets Russian lifeline and CFO
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Kvaerner gets Russian lifeline and CFO

23y Adriana Zea

Kvaerner gets Russian lifeline and CFO

In a last-minute rescue attempt, engineering giant Kvaerner has been thrown a one-week lifeline from its largest shareholder after the company said on...

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Former Marconi FD in pension payout
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Former Marconi FD in pension payout

23y Philip Smith.

Former Marconi FD in pension payout

John Mayo, the former Marconi finance director and deputy chief executive, is about to receive £500,000 in pension benefits following his sudden depar...

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US finance group eyes up Railtrack
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US finance group eyes up Railtrack

23y AccountancyAge.com

US finance group eyes up Railtrack

The government may not get its not-for-profit rail company if a potential bid by the US finance group Babcock & Brown proves suitable. Read More...

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KPMG leads corporate finance deals
Corporate Finance

KPMG leads corporate finance deals

23y Accountancy Age

KPMG leads corporate finance deals

KPMG has crept ahead of Andersen in the latest Zephus deal league table, racking up £5.5bn of deals in the first nine months of the year. Read More...

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Insolvency D-day looms for Kvaerner
Business Recovery

Insolvency D-day looms for Kvaerner

23y Adriana Zea

Insolvency D-day looms for Kvaerner

Anglo-Dutch engineering group Kvaerner today said it faces insolvency unless it finds a solution to critical financing problems by Monday next week. R...

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PwC seeks Independent commissions
Business Recovery

PwC seeks Independent commissions

23y AccountancyAge.com

PwC seeks Independent commissions

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the liquidators of collapsed Independent Insurance, has found itself in conflict with insurance brokers after demanding the re...

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