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Lamont Pridmore

Best Practice: Lamont Pridmore’s Graham Lamont

Lamont Pridmore chief executive Graham Lamont discusses his firm's progress after taking the 2012 Regional Firm of the Year gong at the British Accountancy Awards

17 Jun 2013

Big Four

Big Four fee growth outpaces smaller firms

Big Four firms report 7.7% increase in fees, while smaller firms grow by only 0.6%, FRC report finds

13 Jun 2013

ernst-3

E&Y replaces PwC as Land Securities auditors

Land Securities changes auditors for first time in its 69-year history

12 Jun 2013

Deloitte denies it was axed by Lloyds over complaints bungle

Deloitte rejects claims it was sacked by Lloyds over running of PPI complaints centre over mishandling customer grievances

12 Jun 2013

KPMG overhauls PwC as top quoted company auditor

KPMG now audits more UK listed clients than PwC, but latter maintains higher market cap

10 Jun 2013

Don't panic! is the message despite avoidance scheme ruling

What at face value appears to be a significant ruling on accountants' duties may not be the watershed it appears, say advisers

07 Jun 2013

Merged Chinese firm looks to retain RSM and Crowe Horwath

RSM and Crowe Horwath Chinese firms merge - but wants to keep membership of both networks

07 Jun 2013

Taking Stock: 'No trainers' if you want to party with PwC

Partying with with the Big Four is not straightforward

06 Jun 2013

Safferys shuffles leading partners

New departmental heads named at Saffery Champness

06 Jun 2013

Bristol's deputy mayor merges firm with Milsted Langdon

Milsted Langdon continues expansion by merging with Geoff Gollop & Co

05 Jun 2013

New partner to head up Henderson Loggie VAT team

Henderson Loggie promotes Alan Davis to VAT partner and recruits Donald Shanks from KPMG to its insolvency team

04 Jun 2013

Fee pressure pushing audit profitability down

Fee pressure sees 81% of firms lower their rates and provide more services to keep their clients

03 Jun 2013

Papa succeeds Hopper as Littlejohn managing partner

Firm announces that Paul Hopper will step down next month to be succeeded by Carmine Papa

31 May 2013

Ex-KPMG partner enters plea agreement to fraud

Scott London enters plea agreement over his role of insider trading while auditor at KPMG US

30 May 2013

Don’t let the firm’s relationships fall apart

Accountants need to be more proactive in nurturing existing clients and hunting down new ones explains John Paterson

30 May 2013

Smaller consultancies thrive as emerging markets beckon

Smaller management consultancies picking up specialist work as companies look to take advantage of emerging markets

29 May 2013

PwC reappointed as auditors of BSI

British Standards Institution reappoints PwC as auditors following tender process involving three other firms

28 May 2013

Moore and Smalley expands payroll to cope with RTI demand

Firm brings in new payroll staff as new PAYE and pensions rules likely to see clients needing help

28 May 2013

Two Chesterfield accounting firms shut down

Two closely-related Chesterfield accountancy firms shut down in public interest over poor business practices

24 May 2013

KPMG: Pension liabilities climb by 60% over five years

Pensions liabilities have risen by 60% over the last five years, compared to a 40% rise in assets, according to KPMG research

24 May 2013

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How software as a service can meet the strategic needs of a growing business

Organisations are now looking for a software service that is cost effective, flexible, streamlined and able to meet the needs of the business both today and in the future

Organisations are now looking for a software service that is cost effective, flexible, streamlined and able to meet the needs of the business both today and in the future

Jo Swinson: More needed but insolvency reform step in the right direction

Consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson writes for Accountancy Age on the incoming reforms to insolvency practitioners’ regulation.

FRC is sounding like a modern day Cassandra

Concerns raised in the FRC's latest round of audit inspections sound strikingly familar. Why has the profession failed to address them?

Don’t let the firm’s relationships fall apart

Accountants need to be more proactive in nurturing existing clients and hunting down new ones explains John Paterson

curtain

Don't COP out of guiding clients through tax mire

Anita Brook of Accounts Assist gives a hands-on guide to Code of Practice 9

Colin: Hey diddle (tax) diddle

Colin offers his assessment of the pressure on 'tax havens'

Colin: Don't panic! (about avoidance)

Colin succinctly rounds up the latest court ruling on tax avoidance and advisers' responsiblities

GAAR panel chair should be allowed to choose own people

Stakeholders should refrain from trying to influence the composition of the GAAR advisory panel

Share Price Centre

Track the fortunes of UK-listed companies with our Share Price Centre

PI Insurance

Professional Indemnity insurance tailored to the needs of small- to medium-sized practices

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Briefings

budget-management

Why budgeting fails: One management system is not enough

If budgeting is to have any value at all, it needs a radical overhaul. In today's dynamic marketplace, budgeting can no longer serve as a company's only management system; it must integrate with and support dedicated strategy management systems, process improvement systems, and the like. In this paper, Professor Peter Horvath and Dr Ralf Sauter present what's wrong with the current approach to budgeting and how to fix it.

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iXBRL: Taking stock. Looking forward

In this white paper CCH provide checklists to help accountants and finance professionals both in practice and in business examine these issues and make plans. Also includes a case study of a large commercial organisation working through the first year of mandatory iXBRL filing.