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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...
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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...
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