Baker Tilly partner named as BIS red tape champion
Business Regulation

Baker Tilly partner named as BIS red tape champion

15y Richard Crump , Writer

Baker Tilly partner named as BIS red tape champion

Danielle Stewart appointed as champion of the BIS Red Tape Challenge Read More...

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BDO: Energy companies' accounts should be clearer
Business Regulation

BDO: Energy companies' accounts should be clearer

15y Nick Huber

BDO: Energy companies' accounts should be clearer

Accountant's review of utilities financial reporting, says accounting methods are fair but should be more consistent Read More...

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Financial Director cover story: High Street blues
Business Regulation

Financial Director cover story: High Street blues

15y Melanie Stern

Financial Director cover story: High Street blues

Melanie Stern finds three finance directors of businesses who see little but opportunity in Britain’s stricken city centres and high streets Read More...

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KPMG: EU governments wary of transaction tax
Business Regulation

KPMG: EU governments wary of transaction tax

15y Nick Huber

KPMG: EU governments wary of transaction tax

Only three members states in European Union strongly favour a transaction tax, according to KPMG research Read More...

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KPMG: UK fraud hits record high in 2011
Business Regulation

KPMG: UK fraud hits record high in 2011

15y Nick Huber

KPMG: UK fraud hits record high in 2011

Management fraud soars 74 per cent, leaving investors vulnerable, according to figures by Big Four firm Read More...

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If the UK left the EU then...
Business Regulation

If the UK left the EU then...

15y Accountancy Age

If the UK left the EU then...

The tax, legal and employment issues of the UK leaving the EU are wide and varied. LexisNexis runs through the key points Read More...

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PwC takes on major London oil refinery administration
Business Recovery

PwC takes on major London oil refinery administration

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

PwC takes on major London oil refinery administrat...

Administrators from PwC take on Thames oil refinery Petroplus Read More...

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Smith & Williamson appoints new tax director
Business Regulation

Smith & Williamson appoints new tax director

15y Nick Huber

Smith & Williamson appoints new tax director

Andrew Jupp joins top-10 accountant from Haysmacintyre Read More...

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John Lewis economy? Not a universal solution
Business Regulation

John Lewis economy? Not a universal solution

15y Accountancy Age

John Lewis economy? Not a universal solution

Iain Redford comments on Nick Clegg’s view that British companies should make employees shareholders to increase productivity Read More...

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Business group calls for reform of CGT relief
Business Regulation

Business group calls for reform of CGT relief

15y Nick Huber

Business group calls for reform of CGT relief

Budget should scrap restriction on enrepreneurs relief should be scrapped to boost growth, says Quoted Companies Alliance Read More...

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Colin - FSA in the dog house?
Business Regulation

Colin - FSA in the dog house?

15y Taking Stock

Colin - FSA in the dog house?

Colin's take on the City Watchdog Read More

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Lawyers mull Goodwin case over RBS accounting
Accounting Standards

Lawyers mull Goodwin case over RBS accounting

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Lawyers mull Goodwin case over RBS accounting

Government considers whether former RBS chairman Fred Goodwin has a case to answer over RBS' accounting Read More...

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Empowering small businesses to get financially fit
Business Regulation

Empowering small businesses to get financially fit

15y Accountancy Age

Empowering small businesses to get financially fit

Alison Ball looks into how accountants can play a valuable role in helping their small business clients get, and stay, financially fit Read More...

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Regulators to investigate BDO, ICAEW and ICAS members
Business Regulation

Regulators to investigate BDO, ICAEW and ICAS members

15y Accountancy Age

Regulators to investigate BDO, ICAEW and ICAS memb...

Discipline board to look into conduct of members, following Healthcare Locums accounting errors Read More...

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What's the hold up, Barnier?
Audit

What's the hold up, Barnier?

15y Rose Orlik

What's the hold up, Barnier?

Barnier's audit reform publication has been delayed, but is it down to eurozone crisis or stakeholder resistance? Read More...

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Olympus accounting problems spotted in the 1990s
Accounting Standards

Olympus accounting problems spotted in the 1990s

15y Accountancy Age

Olympus accounting problems spotted in the 1990s

Investment banker claims camera maker's accounting was discussed decades earlier at PaineWebber Read More...

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November is the cruelest month (for audit)
Accounting Firms

November is the cruelest month (for audit)

15y Rose Orlik

November is the cruelest month (for audit)

PwC racks up four embarrassing audit exposures with E&Y and KPMG hot on their heels Read More...

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Stand and deliver
Business Recovery

Stand and deliver

15y Accountancy Age

Stand and deliver

Utilities commonly charge insolvent businesses ‘ransom payments', but it pays to check your options before surrendering to their demands, writes Donal...

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Risk report chairman talks big on disclosure
Business Regulation

Risk report chairman talks big on disclosure

15y Rose Orlik

Risk report chairman talks big on disclosure

Risk reporting expert Bill Knight mocks RBS for poor disclosure, but where was he in 2008? Read More...

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Convergence timetable quietly put to bed
Business Regulation

Convergence timetable quietly put to bed

15y Rose Orlik

Convergence timetable quietly put to bed

IFRS convergence this year seems so unlikely that experts have stopped pretending it will happen Read More...

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Sharman: Going concern too black and white
Business Regulation

Sharman: Going concern too black and white

15y Rose Orlik

Sharman: Going concern too black and white

Going concern qualifications are too drastic and directors should be encouraged to disclose risks earlier, the Sharman Inquiry concludes Read More...

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Joint audit – duplication or two pairs of eyes?
Audit

Joint audit – duplication or two pairs of eyes?

15y Rose Orlik

Joint audit – duplication or two pairs of eyes?

If joint audit offers two pairs of eyes, isn't that the same thing as duplicated work? Read More...

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BIS gets busy on audit reform
Audit

BIS gets busy on audit reform

15y Rose Orlik

BIS gets busy on audit reform

BIS's leaked anti-audit reform email – embarrassing but revealing Read More...

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Institutes exercised over EU accounting
Accounting Standards

Institutes exercised over EU accounting

15y Rose Orlik

Institutes exercised over EU accounting

European Commission accounting reform proposals provoke institute debate Read More...

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EC accounting directives target SMEs and transparency
Business Regulation

EC accounting directives target SMEs and transparency

15y Rose Orlik

EC accounting directives target SMEs and transpare...

Proposed accounting changes would simplify SME reporting and improve corporate responsibility, the European Commission claims Read More...

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Barnier and Competition Commission play good cop, bad cop
Audit

Barnier and Competition Commission play good cop, bad cop

15y Rose Orlik

Barnier and Competition Commission play good cop, ...

The Competition Commission investigation looks less scary next to Brussels' proposed audit reform Read More...

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Accounting watchdog to remove 'silos'
Accounting Standards

Accounting watchdog to remove 'silos'

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Accounting watchdog to remove 'silos'

FRC proposes doing away with its seven-board structure to streamline the organisation Read More...

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