PAC urged to investigate ILA scheme
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PAC urged to investigate ILA scheme

25y our parliamentary staff

PAC urged to investigate ILA scheme

The Conservative Party is urging the Public Accounts Committee to investigate reports of fraud which lead the government to suspend its Individual Lea...

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BT to lose FD by year-end
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BT to lose FD by year-end

25y Ian Lynch

BT to lose FD by year-end

BT is to lose a third top executive at the end of the year, with its highly rated finance director Philip Hampton set to quit. Read More...

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Retail sales back lower rates
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Retail sales back lower rates

25y Larry Schlesinger

Retail sales back lower rates

The Confederation of British Industry says the slowdown in retail sales volumes in 2001 justifies its call for a 'meaningful' reduction in interest ra...

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BDO brought in as StepStone sinks
Business Recovery

BDO brought in as StepStone sinks

25y Adriana Zea

BDO brought in as StepStone sinks

BDO Stoy Hayward has confirmed it has been appointed liquidator of the UK subsidiary of online recruitment agency StepStone. Read More...

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UK bankruptcies jump in third quarter
Business Recovery

UK bankruptcies jump in third quarter

25y Adriana Zea

UK bankruptcies jump in third quarter

The government has released figures which show bankruptcies in England and Wales on the increase, with personal debt also on the rise. Read More...

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Don't force out our best executives
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Don't force out our best executives

25y Accountancy Age

Don't force out our best executives

Journalists have always been at the forefront of the attack on excessive boardroom pay. The power to single out those who appear to be profiting from ...

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More shareholders power is a shot in the arm for agms
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More shareholders power is a shot in the arm for agms

25y Accountancy Age

More shareholders power is a shot in the arm for a...

The fat cats are under attack again. John Davies thinks government thinks government plans to give shareholders more power will be a shot in the arm f...

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Heritage receiver faces lawsuit
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Heritage receiver faces lawsuit

25y Chris Quick

Heritage receiver faces 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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Receivers in at Photobition
Business Recovery

Receivers in at Photobition

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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

25y 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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