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KPMG administrators arrange Cobbett's debt recovery arm sale

Administrators manage to sell law firm Cobbett's debt recovery arm to HL Legal solicitors

14 Feb 2013

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E&Y administrators called to fashion retailer Republic

Ernst & Young administrators make 150 redundancies at retailers head office

14 Feb 2013

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Deloitte administrators to close 164 Blockbuster stores

Latest announcement takes total store closures to around 224

14 Feb 2013

HMV administrators make 60 redundancies including CEO

Deloitte administrators make redundancies in head office following announcement to close 66 stores

12 Feb 2013

KPMG appointed to Scottish pharma Angel Biotechnology

Blair Nimmo and Gary Fraser appointed to Angel Biotechnology

11 Feb 2013

Deloitte administrators to close 66 HMV stores

Administrators announce the closure of 66 stores in the coming two months and 930 possible redundancies

07 Feb 2013

KPMG administrators arrange pre-pack of Cobbetts

Pre-pack saves more than 400 jobs at Cobbetts but debt recovery arm Incasso was not part of the deal and its future remains uncertain

07 Feb 2013

IPs need tougher sanctions in pre-packs, says BIS

Pre-packs need more transparency, claims a Business Innovation and Skills select committee

06 Feb 2013

Cattles launches legal battle against former auditor PwC

Troubled sub-prime lender Cattles is to take PwC to court over its audit prior to the revelation of a huge accounting black hole

05 Feb 2013

Should the government red card the football creditor rule?

What does the profession think of the controversial insolvency rule? Both sides take to the pitch, writes Rachael Singh

05 Feb 2013

Leonard Curtis joins forces with Irish firm

Leonard Curtis joins forces with Hughes Blake to increase its cross-border insolvency capabilities

05 Feb 2013

Tesco, Asda and Argos furniture supplier collapses

FRP Advisory administrators called to Olympia Furniture Ltd

04 Feb 2013

HMV administrators sell G-A-Y venue to founder

Administrators to HMV have sold the company’s entertainment venue G-A-Y to its founder Jeremy Joseph

04 Feb 2013

Bishop Fleming partner joins FRP Advisory

Sam Talby makes a return, of sorts, to FRP Advisory, having worked at predecessor firm Levy Gee

04 Feb 2013

PwC administrators sell London black cab maker

Administrators manage to rescue black cab maker through a sale to Chinese-backed business Geely UK

01 Feb 2013

Dragon Jones buys Jessops out of administration

PwC administrators sell the brand and assets of Jessops to various buyers including Peter Jones CBE

01 Feb 2013

KPMG administrators to arrange pre-pack of Cobbetts

DWF is set to acquire financially stricken Cobbetts in a pre-pack administration deal

01 Feb 2013

Portsmouth court date pushed back yet again

PKF administrators see fourth court date set, to decide future of the club

30 Jan 2013

Accounting firms requiring funding jumps 40% in a year

HMRC's winding down of Time to Pay could be pushing firms to take out loans, says Syscap

30 Jan 2013

Mothercare Australia enters administration

Mothercare Australia enters into insolvency proceedings after its sale falls through

30 Jan 2013

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Leader: Will younger generation push for a UK institute?

Will British institutes learn from a New Zealand/Australia merger - or have the Trans/Tasmans already learned from them?

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?

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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

Taking Stock: Accountancy and the sheriff of Cumbria

TS loves it when two worlds collide

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

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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.