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Richard Atkinson, FD of All England Tennis Court

Profile: Richard Atkinson, FD of All England Tennis Club

As Wimbledon reaches a heady climax, the FD of All...

PwC 10-year anniversary special report

Relive how the controversial mega-merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers...

Sherron Watkins

Whistleblowers: keep dirty linen private

A reliable whistleblower policy can help protect against unmanaged disclosures

Analysis

Niche firms weather climate advice storm

Business chiefs are more likely to hire a Big Four firm over a niche strategist or IT consultant according to a report by Verdantix 17 Jul 2008

Transparency is fair game for the banks

It seems more banks are coming round to fair value with Goldman Sachs dismissing recent IIF proposals as ‘Alice in Wonderland accounting’ 17 Jul 2008

No fooling rivals as Deloitte chairman says being No1 is not the main goal

John Connolly says Deloitte may become ‘the biggest’ because of its superior performance 10 Jul 2008

Q&A: Nick Bray, CFO at Micro Focus on the firm's performance

Nick Bray, chief financial officer at Micro Focus drills down into the last 12 months' financial activity of the firm 03 Jul 2008

Taylor Wimpey FD steps down

Housebuilder announces departure as part of a trading statement 02 Jul 2008

Prospects: Join the clubcard

Everton's Tesco deal proves 'every little helps' 19 Jun 2008

Overview: FSA - toothless watchdog?

Prospects: Forensic experts David Smith adds bite to FSA 12 Jun 2008

Overview: BAE staff US detention

Prospects: visiting the US could be risky for BAE staff 29 May 2008

News

One in five accountants feel effects of downturn

Accountants say a fifth of their clients have had finance...24 Jul 2008

Cash is king as 'working capital' advice booms

Experts working in management of 'working capital' say companies are...24 Jul 2008

Comment

Adjustment not meltdown

Nobody can doubt that the long-awaited slowdown has finally arrived. 24 Jul 2008

AIM companies: why two stockbrokers can be better than one

Using two stockbrokers can boost potential for AIM companies 17 Jul 2008

Features

Accountants and the crisis: standard setters - troubled waters

When the economy is in decline, standard setters are in...24 Jul 2008

Accountants and the crisis: CSR - man overboard

A commitment to CSR is de rigueur for the modern...24 Jul 2008

Blogs

Risky Business

Late payments- Are governments leading by example?

All this talk in the press about Government being urged...  24 Jul 2008 More from Risky Business...

'Being a public company FD is a thankless task'

Ocado finance director Jason Gissing is one of the more...  22 Jul 2008 More from Accountancy Matters...

Just how unattractive is London as a place to do business?

How quickly times change. I was in China three years...  22 Jul 2008 More from Accountancy Matters...

Corporation Tax Surcharge for late paying PLCs?

A whole host of news stories are appearing in the...  22 Jul 2008 More from Risky Business...

Tory complexity plan needs to be more radical

I haven't really known what to make of the Tories'...  16 Jul 2008 More from Tax Hack...

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