Man on a mission: US Treasury secretary joins Britain in setting standards for starving terrorists of funds
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Man on a mission: US Treasury secretary joins Britain in setting standards ...

25y Gavin Hinks

Man on a mission: US Treasury secretary joins Brit...

An emergency meeting of the Financial Action Task Force this week stated its mission was to ‘strangle and cut the supply of money and assets tha...

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Keep learning, directors told.
People Business

Keep learning, directors told.

25y Liz Loxton

Keep learning, directors told.

Senior managers who admit they have things to learn will improve the learning culture in their companies, according to speakers at the Chartered Insti...

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Heritage receiver in multimillion lawsuit.
Business Recovery

Heritage receiver in multimillion lawsuit.

25y Chris Quick

Heritage receiver in multimillion lawsuit.

Grant Thornton is facing claims for damages understood to total several millions of pounds over its role in the collapse of housewares company Heritag...

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Companies hoodwink analysts.
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Companies hoodwink analysts.

25y Michelle Perry

Companies hoodwink analysts.

Failure to disclose goodwill amortisation policies is rife among among FTSE-listed businesses Read More...

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Business Week - Stocks rebound.
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Business Week - Stocks rebound.

25y Adriana Zea

Business Week - Stocks rebound.

Accountancy-related shares rebounded this week as two new companies made their debut on the Accountancy Age/ADVFN index, writes Adriana Zea. Shares fo...

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Business Week - For your diary ...
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Business Week - For your diary ...

25y rumo , Writer

Business Week - For your diary ...

Thursday November 1 Confederation of British Industry to publish distributive trades survey. Interim results from chemicals company Reflec. ICI, Power...

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Letters - Teaching is much harder.
People Business

Letters - Teaching is much harder.

25y Accountancy Age

Letters - Teaching is much harder.

I could not believe the words of recent correspondents who have begrudged teachers a loan for the paltry sum of #6,000. Do they have no concept of the...

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Headstart: Careers - The right skills for the shortage.
People Business

Headstart: Careers - The right skills for the shortage.

25y Accountancy Age

Headstart: Careers - The right skills for the shor...

Not so long ago it was ‘not enough good calibre people for corporate finance’. Now, staff at all levels are being made redundant. This is ...

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Headstart: Careers - Christmas is coming.
People Business

Headstart: Careers - Christmas is coming.

25y Michelle Perry

Headstart: Careers - Christmas is coming.

If you are planning an office party this year log on to ensure a good time is had by all Read More...

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Headstart: Careers - A week in the life ...
People Business

Headstart: Careers - A week in the life ...

25y rumo , Writer

Headstart: Careers - A week in the life ...

Angus Farr is the national training and HR manager at HLB Kidsons. He joined the firm as a trainee in 1994, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 19...

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FDs going plural.
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FDs going plural.

25y Accountancy Age

FDs going plural.

Increasingly senior financial professionals are choosing to 'go it alone' with wide and varied portfolios. At a time of changing trends in the financi...

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David Walker - The corridors of power ...
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David Walker - The corridors of power ...

25y rumo , Writer

David Walker - The corridors of power ...

Home secretary David Blunkett’s autobiography On a clear day shows him to be strait-laced, in a pro-family, traditional morality way and adaptab...

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Cutting off the cash.
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Cutting off the cash.

25y Gavin Hinks

Cutting off the cash.

In the wake of the 11 September attacks on New York and Washington bombs may have fallen on Afghanistan, but the world is also focused on the finances...

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Analysis: War on terror - The business behind Bin Laden.
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Analysis: War on terror - The business behind Bin Laden.

25y Andrew Sawers

Analysis: War on terror - The business behind Bin ...

The testimony of Bin Laden's former 'CFO' has given US security officials a vital insight into how the terrorist group al-Qaida used legitimate busnes...

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Analysis - The day the handouts stopped.
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Analysis - The day the handouts stopped.

25y rumo , Writer

Analysis - The day the handouts stopped.

Railtrack's last set of accounts, signed off in May, painted a picture of a company already in serious financial trouble. Read More...

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Investors get say on pay.
People Business

Investors get say on pay.

25y Philip Smith.

Investors get say on pay.

Plans to give shareholders more influence over directors'remuneration given thumbs up Read More...

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BUSINESS WEEK - The only way is up.
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BUSINESS WEEK - The only way is up.

25y Gavin Hinks

BUSINESS WEEK - The only way is up.

As the airline industry almost grinds to a halt, budget carrier easyJet shows no sign of slowing Read More...

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BUSINESS WEEK - Minor setback for stock market index.
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BUSINESS WEEK - Minor setback for stock market index.

25y Adriana Zea

BUSINESS WEEK - Minor setback for stock market ind...

The Accountancy Age/ADVFN index’s recent recovery has suffered a small setback as two of its stocks fell back more than 10% in an uneasy economi...

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BUSINESS WEEK - For your diary.
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BUSINESS WEEK - For your diary.

25y rumo , Writer

BUSINESS WEEK - For your diary.

Thursday 25 October Retailer Arcadia Group announces full year results. Pilkington the glass manufacturer, announces half year results. Software maker...

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ANALYSIS - A law unto himself?
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ANALYSIS - A law unto himself?

25y Accountancy Age

ANALYSIS - A law unto himself?

False accounting by Italian private companies is no longer a crime. But the prime minister's opponents accuse him of putting his own interests first R...

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Minister admits to Dome solvency error
Business Recovery

Minister admits to Dome solvency error

25y our parliamentary staff

Minister admits to Dome solvency error

Dome minister Lord Falconer has had to make a public apology for mistakenly claiming in the House of Lords that the Dome has always been solvent. Read...

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Big Beat sold at second attempt
Business Recovery

Big Beat sold at second attempt

25y Adriana Zea

Big Beat sold at second attempt

KPMG corporate recovery has announced it has sold restaurant and bar chain Big Beat to a Glasgow-based group after the sale to another set of buyers f...

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SAP loses finance chief
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SAP loses finance chief

25y AccountancyAge.com

SAP loses finance chief

Software giant SAP is searching for a new chief financial officer following the resignation of Edward Lyons who has left after just 11 months. Read Mo...

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E-learning: the next killer app
People Business

E-learning: the next killer app

25y Accountancy Age

E-learning: the next killer app

'The next big killer application for the internet is going to be education. It's going to be so big it's going to make email look like a rounding erro...

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FRS 17 harmful to UK companies
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FRS 17 harmful to UK companies

25y Adriana Zea

FRS 17 harmful to UK companies

FRS 17 could be harmful to some of Britain's largest companies according to a recent study by banker HSBC. Read More...

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Accountancy graduates fare best
People Business

Accountancy graduates fare best

25y Michelle Perry

Accountancy graduates fare best

Accountancy graduates have the highest graduate employment rate, faring better than IT and business and management graduates, according to new researc...

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Small insolvency practices under threat
Business Recovery

Small insolvency practices under threat

25y Adriana Zea

Small insolvency practices under threat

A majority of insolvency professionals believe the 'revised powers' given to the government Insolvency Service, could be a threat to smaller practices...

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