Advisors take backseat in quest for SME finance

Age and risk profile of a business key factors in the decision-making progress - advisors play a limited role in securing funds Read More...

UK200Group holds a torch for Alzheimer's Society

'Olympic-style' torch carried by accounting firms for charity Read More...

The Top 50 +50 2011 is launched

The latest survey of the UK's top firms reveals the high flyers and those treading water. New for 2011: interactive data analysis Read More...

British Accountancy Awards free entry deadline loo...

Our revamped awards include several practice categories. Enter now FOR FREE Read More...

The Practitioner: senior partners can be a senior ...

Having older partners is never easy. The Practitioner looks at the hard bits and considers the benefits Read More...

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Firms pledge war chest to fight legal privilege ca...

Majority of top-25 firms pledge funds towards Supreme Court hearing into legal professional privilege Read More...

Will advisors rise to the SME challenge?

Helping SMEs consolidate and grow is vital to the UK economy. Do accountants realise their place in all this? Read More...

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Going international to aid clients

UK accounting firms will need to work hard if they are to cash in on growing interest among SMEs for overseas markets Read More...

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Fearing the proceeds of crime

The introduction of the new Bribery Act on 1 July provides the Serious Fraud Office with more firepower in the fight against bribery and corruption. D...

The Practitioner: Summertime blues

Summer brings its own share of challenges for The Practitioner and his efforts to maintain productivity Read More...

Accountancy Age Best Practice Conference 2011

The first Accountancy Age Best Practice conference Read More...

New head for Johnston Carmichael’s Glasgow office

Scotland’s largest accountancy firm announces new managing partner of its Glasgow office Read More...

Merging interests: bringing accountants and lawyer...

The impending Legal Services Act could see accountancy firms join with lawyers. But is the concept of accountants and lawyers under one roof just a st...

The Practitioner: It's been emotional!

Getting an email in the right tone for a client can be a nightmare. Getting your staff to get them in the right tone can be a nightmare of an entirely...

The Practitioner: The art of changing light bulbs

I kid you not, it involved five accountants in our office to organise having a bulb replaced in the reception area. Seriously, five, and it still hasn...

Accountancy job growth 'worst in industry'

Accountancy job creation is moving at the slowest rate of any financial sector, with an increase of less than 10% Read More...

Accountants bemoan unfeeling employers

Accountants are unhappy with the health and wellbeing benefits provided at work, a new survey claims Read More...

Arram Berlyn Gardner appoints new tax partner

Victor Daupe is Arram Berlyn Gardner's new tax partner in the City Road analysis Read More...

Accountancy Age Top50+50 survey deadline looms

Deadline for firms to take part in Accountancy Age's Top50+50 survey just two weeks away Read More...

Networker: Things to love and, er... hate

What is it that makes accountants shy away from selling Read More...

Peter Mitchell gives Big Four a black eye

SPA chairman Peter Mitchell takes a dig at the big audit firms Read More...

The British Accountancy Awards are launched

Succeeding the long-standing Accountancy Age Awards, the British Accountancy Awards introduces a focus on practice, with new categories and entry proc...

From in-house to accounting in the cloud

The first of two articles by Glover Stanbury & Co partner Kevin Salter covering the practicalities of moving a practice's systems offsite to a hos...

In the dock: Expert witness accountants face new r...

The recent case of Jones v Kasey removes expert witnesses' immunity from negligence claims Read More...