Companies are finally acknowledging the scale and impact ofmillennium dating on their computer systems. But if they are expectingtheir supplier to sor...
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View articleFinance directors of UK companies must decide now whether they want to adopt international accounting standards or go it alone, claims Sir David Tweed...
View articleIan Marchant, finance director, Southern Electric: ‘The question as to whether the UK goes along with international standards is like the debate...
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View articleThe insolvency profession is preparing for a major overhaul of its regulatory regime, following the launch of a wide-ranging review led by the Departm...
View articleThe ASB has responded to calls from finance directors and treasurers, with the release of a fine-tuned cash flow statement under a revised FRS1. The n...
View articleMore than 307,000 company directors – 12% of the total – have been involved with more than one company failure in the last seven years, ac...
View articlePrice Waterhouse’s future as auditors of property group Chesterton will be decided by the company’s audit committee today. PW, auditor to ...
View articleThe English ICA this week published, Environmental Issues in Financial Reporting, a paper which looks at how the financial reporting framework copes w...
View articleACCA members meet today to vote on ten proposals for radical changes to the certifieds’ association. Dissident members Prem Sikka and Ken Robins...
View articleThe acrimonious dispute between Deloitte & Touche and Binder Hamlyn over unpaid fees for Deloittes’ #1m expert witness work during the ADT ...
View articleCIMA is considering a series of internal governance changes which are designed to make the institute more democratic. The proposals, coming as a resul...
View articleThe Scottish Nationalist Party is about to release details of its plans to cut corporate taxation in a bid to boost Scotland’s business and fina...
View articleTop-30 accountant Kingston Smith opened its new City office this week in Goswell Road at the former HQ of the English ICA. The freehold of the buildin...
View articleBusiness Links – which is facing evaluation and impact studies next year – is to expand its use of the Internet with funding from the Depa...
View articleThe European Commission’s ‘can’t do’ attitude towards reforming the auditors’ liability regime has been criticised by th...
View articleA shortage of trained accountants has hindered plans by government agency National Savings to improve its financial accounting procedures, the Nationa...
View articleGuernsey is set to join Jersey in offering accountancy firms limited liability partnerships. Island draftsmen are preparing to draw up LLP legislation...
View articleAccountancy firms have largely rejected proposals from the former leader of Westminster City Council, Dame Shirley Porter, for radical reforms to the ...
View articleAccountancy Age has teamed up with recruitment consultants Reed Accountancy Personnel to introduce a new service to the profession. Each week we will ...
View articleArgos and Elida Gibbs plan to challenge the Government’s controversial three-year rule on VAT repayments in a bid to maximise successful claims ...
View articleThe committee set up to hunt for Nazi gold still held in dormant Swiss bank accounts has issued a memorandum to the Big Six accountancy firms detailin...
View articleThe International Accounting Standards Board’s Exposure Draft on pensions and employee benefits issued last week increased the pressure on the A...
View articleKPMG is set to be one of the biggest winners from the #5bn tie-up of the UK cable and telephone interests of Cable & Wireless, Nynex and Bell Cana...
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