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Articles by Michelle Perry

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Local government: beating the cuts

Things may look bleak for accountants working in local government at the moment but opportunities exist as coalition plans for massive spending cuts rely on sound financial management

23 Sep 2010

Murphy Salisbury advises Browns on sale

Advisers help Browns Food Service's acquisition by the Brakes family

20 Jul 2010

Bonus tax costs Goldman Sachs $600m

Second quarter results show one-off UK tax on bonuses cost the bank $600m

20 Jul 2010

National Audit Office criticises government savings programme

NAO finds savings programme “not well enough understood” across government

20 Jul 2010

Office of Tax Simplification's initial findings due this autumn

First report from the OTS due in time for the PBR, with a second to appear before next year’s Budget

20 Jul 2010

Recruitment: Just the job

Recruitment in the accountancy market is picking up to levels not seen since 2007, but job hunters should be wary that the fragile recovery is making employers cautious, while some sectors are still struggling

15 Jul 2010

Profile: Nick Wharton, FD of Halfords

Halfords has motored to a healthy profit, despite the recession. FD Nick Wharton tells us how success has been pegged to camping, cycling and a creative, rigorous and disciplined finance team

10 Sep 2009

Swine flu: preparing for the worst

The prospect of swine flu affecting half a firm’s workforce is something we should all be taking seriously

20 Aug 2009

Firms face struggle to keep hold of top talent

With the prospect of no pay rises or bonuses for staff this appraisal season, many firms could be facing an exodus of their top talent, despite difficult conditions in the job market

18 Jun 2009

Change of tack may yield results at SFO

The SFO’s new powers to pursue fraud cases through the civil courts could lead to more prosecutions

28 May 2009

Central government: saving £15bn

Government departments are going to have to co-operate to cut costs and avoid making large numbers of redundancies

07 May 2009

Profile: Richard Alderman, director of the Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud office’s modernising new director is overhauling the investigative agency and calling for the profession to pipe up

30 Apr 2009

Government under pressure to resurrect limited liability deals

Lord Mandelson under more pressure to limit auditors' liability as economic situation worsens and risk of major audit firms exiting the market increases

19 Mar 2009

Local government special: the fuse is lit

Local authorities face a tough challenge implementing new financial reporting rules

12 Mar 2009

Funding guarantee scheme flounders

Chairman of UK 200 Group says a lack of information and preparedness by all the banks to make use of EFGS funding is slowing down the scheme

26 Feb 2009

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Supplier statement reconciliations: Manual chore or critical value adding process?

By looking at the reasons supplier statements became unfashionable, and the reasons why it is different today, this paper delves into the many benefits that can be obtained by automating the process.

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7 building blocks for business growth

Having a real and true view of your organisation’s current financial position, and having the right systems and processes in place, will ensure that you can make strong choices and are ready to capitalise on opportunities