ICA's finance faculty may welcome non chartereds
Consulting

ICA's finance faculty may welcome non chartereds

30y michael laydon

ICA's finance faculty may welcome non chartereds

Membership of the English ICA’s proposed corporate finance faculty, a spin-off from the current faculty of finance and management, may be opened...

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Doubts expressed over revaluation proposals
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Doubts expressed over revaluation proposals

30y michael laydon

Doubts expressed over revaluation proposals

Billed as one of the Accounting Standards Board’s most radical and far-reaching set of proposals yet, the ASB’s Derivatives and Financial ...

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Leading law firm takes its first step into consultancy
Consulting

Leading law firm takes its first step into consultancy

30y michael laydon

Leading law firm takes its first step into consult...

City solicitors Eversheds has become the first top law firm to link up with a major management consultancy group, following its decision to start a wo...

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Managers to blame for 4,000 insolvencies
Consulting

Managers to blame for 4,000 insolvencies

30y michael laydon

Managers to blame for 4,000 insolvencies

Bad management caused over 4,000 UK company insolvencies last year – as many as at the height of the recession – according to the latest a...

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CEO pay shows north-south split
Consulting

CEO pay shows north-south split

30y michael laydon

CEO pay shows north-south split

There is a Watford gap in Britain’s boardrooms, according to research carried out by Buck Consultants on behalf of Leeds-based stockbrokers BWD ...

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KPMG reports a lack of LLP support in UK
Consulting

KPMG reports a lack of LLP support in UK

30y michael laydon

KPMG reports a lack of LLP support in UK

KPMG warned rival Big Six firms this week that UK companies did not want them to register off-shore to limit their liability. A MORI telephone poll co...

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BCAB Survey - Minding business
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BCAB Survey - Minding business

30y michael laydon

BCAB Survey - Minding business

Accountants in business are adaptable, love and loathe IT, and feelunder threat from the reputation of other qualifications. These are someof the find...

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PROFILE - A clear account
Management

PROFILE - A clear account

30y michael laydon

PROFILE - A clear account

Waterford Wedgwood's group FD Richard Barnes always wanted to be afireman, sadly vertigo put pay to his plans. But, as he tells Harriot LaneFox, he's ...

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Regulation Taylor
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Regulation Taylor

30y michael laydon

Regulation Taylor

Michael Taylor, a former policy adviser at the Bank of England, talksto Phillip Inman about the recently published third installment in hisproposals f...

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Survey reveals holes in IT strategies
Management

Survey reveals holes in IT strategies

30y michael laydon

Survey reveals holes in IT strategies

A recent survey undertaken by CIPFA throws local authority ITstrategies into question. Douglas Hayward investigates. Read More...

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It's business as usual at Robert Half
Management

It's business as usual at Robert Half

30y michael laydon

It's business as usual at Robert Half

Life is getting back to normal at employment agency Robert Half International after glitches with a new accounting system left it unable to issue corr...

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Software houses face legal threat
Management

Software houses face legal threat

30y michael laydon

Software houses face legal threat

Computer software suppliers who make promises they can’t keep will face an increasing threat of legal action, according to PA Consulting. IT exp...

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'Dull but worthy' hits the spot in UK
Consulting

'Dull but worthy' hits the spot in UK

30y michael laydon

'Dull but worthy' hits the spot in UK

Unless IT is going to give your organisation a massive competitiveedge, it is often better to adopt 'best practice' rather than leading - or'bleeding'...

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Andersens takes top slot in front of KPMG
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Andersens takes top slot in front of KPMG

30y michael laydon

Andersens takes top slot in front of KPMG

Andersen Worldwide grabbed the top slot among UK accountancy firms last week when it revealed that net fee income had jumped 15% to u620.5m for the ye...

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Big Six seek #25m due diligence cap
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Big Six seek #25m due diligence cap

30y michael laydon

Big Six seek #25m due diligence cap

The Big Six accountancy firms last week filed a set of standard contract terms with the Office of Fair Trading and the European Commission that will c...

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Wickes comes under further accounting investigation
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Wickes comes under further accounting investigation

30y michael laydon

Wickes comes under further accounting investigatio...

The Financial Reporting Review Panel is conducting its own investigation into the accounting practices at DIY-retailer Wickes. Accountancy Age has lea...

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Local councils urged to step up fraud detection
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Local councils urged to step up fraud detection

30y michael laydon

Local councils urged to step up fraud detection

Local authorities need to enhance their fraud detection procedures, according to the Audit Commission, despite a successful year in which detection ra...

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Choices on fleet street.
Management

Choices on fleet street.

30y michael laydon

Choices on fleet street.

Company car fleets can be expensive to run, but is your FD aware ofall the options? Nigel Greenaway discusses the changing world of contracthire. Read...

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Seeing through the software vendors
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Seeing through the software vendors

30y michael laydon

Seeing through the software vendors

Separating vendors’ hype from reality is one of the biggest challenges facing buyers of business or accounting software, and the lack of indepen...

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Pannells loses finance head to BDO Stoy Hayward
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Pannells loses finance head to BDO Stoy Hayward

30y michael laydon

Pannells loses finance head to BDO Stoy Hayward

BDO Stoy Hayward has staged an audacious coup against rival Pannell Kerr Forster by poaching its head of corporate finance. Stephen Bourne, 39, is sti...

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Directors shy away from Cadbury Code burdens
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Directors shy away from Cadbury Code burdens

30y michael laydon

Directors shy away from Cadbury Code burdens

The Hampel committee should reduce the burden of corporate governance on public companies rather than extend it, a survey by Binder Hamlyn has reveale...

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News briefs
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News briefs

30y michael laydon

News briefs

Rawlinson, Pryde and Partners of Bedford has appointed Susan Todhunter (left) as a partner. Todhunter is the first woman to join the line-up of five m...

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Institute pushes JDS power
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Institute pushes JDS power

30y michael laydon

Institute pushes JDS power

New regulations to force overseas firms working for UK auditors to co-operate with the Joint Disciplinary Scheme are being considered by the English I...

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US urged to adopt global standards
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US urged to adopt global standards

30y michael laydon

US urged to adopt global standards

The USA must adopt international accounting standards or jeopardise the position of its capital markets, according to a full-time member of the Financ...

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JOINT AND SEVERAL MUST BE NEXT
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JOINT AND SEVERAL MUST BE NEXT

30y michael laydon

JOINT AND SEVERAL MUST BE NEXT

The auditors leading the profession’s campaign for reform of joint and several liability this week called for renewed pressure on the Government...

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Control is the key to preventing IT disasters
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Control is the key to preventing IT disasters

30y michael laydon

Control is the key to preventing IT disasters

Paul Williams explains to Guy Dresser why many information projectsgo wrong and how failures can be avoided. Read More...

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Courts ban vulture culture of third-party liquidation funds
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Courts ban vulture culture of third-party liquidation funds

30y michael laydon

Courts ban vulture culture of third-party liquidat...

Bounty hunters that fund claims by liquidators in return for a slice of a crashed company’s assets have been effectively banned by the Court of ...

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