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Articles by Accountancy Age Staff

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AC reports should not be dismissed as mere compliance

The audit committee report is a powerful tool for giving stakeholders insight into the culture and integrity at the top of a company. More companies should provide one, writes James Roberts

03 Jan 2013

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Receivers’ remuneration not in the bag following High Court battle

Insolvency practitioners need to conduct better due diligence or risk losing all their fees following a recent Court of Appeal case warn barristers Geraint Jones and Marc Glover

13 Dec 2012

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Don’t let software licensing fall between the M&A cracks

First choice were fined and ordered to pay £81,000 licensing costs post acquisition, BSA’s Michala Wardell warns not to let M&A activity catch you out

12 Dec 2012

To disclose or not to disclose may no longer be the question

Changes to how pension liabilities are represented in the balance that could keep FDs awake at night, claims David Davison

12 Dec 2012

The threat within: how employees are draining data from your business

Confusion and complacency could be the root cause in businesses’ relaxed approach to information security, explains Rod Day

11 Dec 2012

Navigating the IT license minefield could save you 20% a year

Firms should be aware of the licensing pitfalls that await around every corner, warns Sean Robinson

10 Dec 2012

Watering down women on boards quota is not the way to go

The revised European Commission quota to increase the number of women on boards is a missed opportunity, writes Fiona Hotston Moore

07 Dec 2012

AS2012: Corporation tax drop a pleasant surprise

Alvarez & Marsal's Kevin Hindley takes a look back at the business side of the Autumn Statement

06 Dec 2012

AS2012: Chancellor cuts annual pension allowance to £40,000

Chancellor cuts annual allowance for pensions and reduces lifetime allowance to £1.25m to raise more tax revenue from the rich

06 Dec 2012

AS2012: "We're cutting your taxes...but we expect you to pay"

CIoT tax policy director John Whiting gives his opinion as George Osborne strikes a deal with the taxpayer in the Autumn Statement

05 Dec 2012

Pickfords sold in pre-pack to offload pension liabilities

BDO administrators sell Pickfords to management to offload its defined benefit pension

05 Dec 2012

Funding for litigation needn’t be so tough for IPs

Although government gives the insolvency profession until April 2015 before changing litigation funding rules, practitioners need to get their house in order now, writes Kristy Zander

04 Dec 2012

US in a different league to UK in marketing tables

Through the ashes of Enron the US has perfected its marketing analytics, something the UK could learn, explains Heath Podvesker

03 Dec 2012

Court of Appeal to scrutinise Lehman FSD

Lehman Brothers companies fighting to be excluded from Pension Regulator’s financial support direction

03 Dec 2012

The real value of staff development

Failing to understand the true costs of staff development is money down the drain, warns Rob Alder

28 Nov 2012

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