PW client in civil fraud case
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PW client in civil fraud case

30y michael laydon

PW client in civil fraud case

A former Price Waterhouse audit client faces civil fraud charges brought by the USA’s Securities and Exchange Commission. Italian chemicals and ...

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Finance directors warn Clarke of dangers of interest rate increase
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Finance directors warn Clarke of dangers of interest rate increase

30y michael laydon

Finance directors warn Clarke of dangers of intere...

A further rise in interest rates would damage business, according to a survey of finance directors. This warning to the Chancellor, Ken Clarke, follow...

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BA finance services win contracts
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BA finance services win contracts

30y michael laydon

BA finance services win contracts

British Airways has already won three contracts to provide finance and accounting services to companies outside the BA group from its new centre in Bo...

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PIA proposals for financial advisers' body rejected
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PIA proposals for financial advisers' body rejected

30y michael laydon

PIA proposals for financial advisers' body rejecte...

The Life Insurance Association has rejected proposals for a single professional body to oversee financial advisers put forward by the industry regulat...

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Capital allowance changes target leasing abuse
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Capital allowance changes target leasing abuse

30y michael laydon

Capital allowance changes target leasing abuse

Annual capital allowances of 25% are to be reduced to 6% for assets with estimated working lives of 25 years or more. This will bring tax practice ...

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KPMG faces $400m lawsuit in the USA
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KPMG faces $400m lawsuit in the USA

30y michael laydon

KPMG faces $400m lawsuit in the USA

KPMG Peat Marwick is being sued for $400m by California’s Orange County Transportation Authority for not warning it about the high risks of an i...

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Lights out for Levy Gee Budget experts
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Lights out for Levy Gee Budget experts

30y michael laydon

Lights out for Levy Gee Budget experts

Drama struck at chartered accountants Levy Gee shortly after the Chancellor finished his speech, when the entire office was forced to evacuate the bui...

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Coopers to advise Open Systems Holdings in AIM float
Management

Coopers to advise Open Systems Holdings in AIM float

30y michael laydon

Coopers to advise Open Systems Holdings in AIM flo...

Coopers & Lybrand is advising US accountancy software group Open Systems Holdings for its AIM flotation next week. The company will be capitalise...

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Stoys in #13m bid for Nottingham Forest FC
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Stoys in #13m bid for Nottingham Forest FC

30y michael laydon

Stoys in #13m bid for Nottingham Forest FC

BDO Stoy Hayward is co-ordinating a u13m takeover bid for Nottingham Forest Football Club by a consortium lead by Sandy Anderson, a director of Porter...

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Pannells opens up its accounts
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Pannells opens up its accounts

30y michael laydon

Pannells opens up its accounts

Pannell Kerr Forster is set to follow BDO Stoy Hayward by becoming the second Group A firm to publish its accounts. A spokeswoman said the firm was pu...

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Roques joins FRC
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Roques joins FRC

30y michael laydon

Roques joins FRC

John Roques (right), Deloitte & Touche senior partner, has been appointed to the Financial Reporting Council. Roques will be joined By Neil Chism...

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Small firms must rise to the challenges of the millennium
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Small firms must rise to the challenges of the millennium

30y Accountancy Age

Small firms must rise to the challenges of the mil...

In the light of the English ICA's recent report, Mark Spofforth looksat the what the new millennium holds in store for the smaller firm. Read More...

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Spending plans may cost public sector jobs
Management

Spending plans may cost public sector jobs

30y Accountancy Age

Spending plans may cost public sector jobs

The public sector will need to shed 100,000 jobs to keep within the Chancellor’s spending plans, according to CIPFA chief economist Chris Trinde...

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ICA awards put spotlight on charity accounting failings
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ICA awards put spotlight on charity accounting failings

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ICA awards put spotlight on charity accounting fai...

More than half of the entries for the English ICA’s annual charity accounts award ceremony fell at the first hurdle because of errors. Sir Brian...

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Call for City regulators to conduct Crest audit
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Call for City regulators to conduct Crest audit

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Call for City regulators to conduct Crest audit

Crest, the troubled electronic share settlement system, should be audited by the City’s regulators to determine if it is capable of handling the...

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Wireless systems ease burden on period offices
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Wireless systems ease burden on period offices

30y Accountancy Age

Wireless systems ease burden on period offices

Organisations that are based on old, historic buildings face unique problems when equipping themselves with state-of-the-art computer systems. The bui...

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Waits resigns his ACCA membership
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Waits resigns his ACCA membership

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Waits resigns his ACCA membership

ACCA’s disgraced former vice-president, Jim Waits, has quit the association in the wake of the Council’s acceptance of his resignation. Wa...

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Taxsoft may quit ICA scheme
Management

Taxsoft may quit ICA scheme

30y Accountancy Age

Taxsoft may quit ICA scheme

One of the original members of the English ICA’s accreditation scheme for business and accounting software is set to pull out amid concern over ...

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Smith picks up the pieces
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Smith picks up the pieces

30y Accountancy Age

Smith picks up the pieces

Robert Smith's task is to rebuild confidence in Morgan Grenfell'sasset arm. Phillip Inman reports on his progress. Read More...

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When a tightwad meets an illiterate
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When a tightwad meets an illiterate

30y Accountancy Age

When a tightwad meets an illiterate

Studies by KPMG and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertisingshow that marketers and finance directors rarely see eye-to-eye. AnthonyHarrington as...

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Isolationist suppliers limit customer choice
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Isolationist suppliers limit customer choice

30y Accountancy Age

Isolationist suppliers limit customer choice

Multi-program, multi-manufacturer connectivity is a reality. It is to application software what plug and play is to hardware, and is one of the most u...

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Pensions Act deadlines will lead to scheme trustee fines, warns ICA
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Pensions Act deadlines will lead to scheme trustee fines, warns ICA

30y Accountancy Age

Pensions Act deadlines will lead to scheme trustee...

Pension scheme auditors face ‘unmeetable’ deadlines under the Pensions Act and many scheme trustees could be fined as a result, the Englis...

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Pay Displayed
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Pay Displayed

30y Accountancy Age

Pay Displayed

What are the major issues and trends affecting finance professionalsacross the country? The 1996 Qualified Accountants Survey reveals thethoughts of t...

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News briefs
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News briefs

30y Accountancy Age

News briefs

CIPFA member Peter Ripley, principal accountant at Lancashire County Council, has been elected chairman of the CA-Masterpiece Users Group. The group r...

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UK company starts ball rolling at Euro exchange
Management

UK company starts ball rolling at Euro exchange

30y Accountancy Age

UK company starts ball rolling at Euro exchange

Shares in three companies are expected to start trading this week on Easdaq, the pan-European stock market that models itself on the US Nasdaq exchang...

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SAP to audit consultants' progress
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SAP to audit consultants' progress

30y Accountancy Age

SAP to audit consultants' progress

Keeping a lid on implementation costs and overseeing the consultants hired to do the work are two of the most challenging problems facing companies tr...

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Revenue rejects EDS cost claims
Management

Revenue rejects EDS cost claims

30y Accountancy Age

Revenue rejects EDS cost claims

A massive 60% increase in the forecast contract cost of running the nation’s tax systems has been brushed aside as a ‘fuss over nothing...

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