aop
ad

Business recovery

hmv-oxford-street

Deloitte administrators given hope on HMV future

Investors buy HMV debt, giving fresh hope to a rescue deal

23 Jan 2013

UK retailer HMV

HMV administrators u-turn on gift card stance

Deloitte administrators have relented and announced they will allow gift cards to be used in HMV stores

22 Jan 2013

Mark Fry

Begbies Traynor rebrands consulting services

BTG Financial Consulting formed to encapsulate the firm's services outside of formal insolvency

21 Jan 2013

Deloitte administrators to close 129 Blockbuster stores

Administrators to Blockbuster say they will close 129 stores which will result in about 760 redundancies

21 Jan 2013

Taxman’s winding-up orders up 57%

The number of businesses served winding-up orders by HMRC rose by nearly 2,000 over the past year

21 Jan 2013

Colin: Death of the high street

Colin wonders if anything more than a weak economy could be behind the recent spate of high street insolvencies

21 Jan 2013

Colin: Fifty Suits of Grey - 2012 in review

Colin takes a wry look back at 2012

17 Jan 2013

R3 president and Neville Kahn to lead Blockbuster administration

Collapsed retailer calls in Deloitte administrators including trade body president Lee Manning

17 Jan 2013

Analysis: HMV latest bricks and mortar biz to fail against online

Failing to offset the slump in sales of hard copy media finally catches up with HMV

16 Jan 2013

Portsmouth court date pushed back for a third time

Administrators to Portsmouth will need to wait until the end of the month to find out the future of the collapsed club

16 Jan 2013

Deloitte administrators appointed to HMV

Music retailer formally appoints Deloitte administrators

16 Jan 2013

Colin: HMV's new owner

Colin wonders if the dog likes his new owner

15 Jan 2013

Deloitte’s Neville Kahn to lead HMV administration

Kahn and two other Deloitte administrators called to struggling music retailer

15 Jan 2013

Jessops administrators to make more than 1,300 redundancies

PwC administrators have announced the closure of the camera retail chain

14 Jan 2013

BDO administrators to Dewey receive £36.7m claim from US arm

Dewey & LeBoeuf US has made a claim to UK arm BDO administrators of £36.7m a progress report has shown

10 Jan 2013

PwC administrators called to Jessops

Irreconcilable differences between directors funders and suppliers, such as Nikon and Canon, sees PwC administrators appointed to the 192-store camera chain

10 Jan 2013

MF Global administrators agree deal that could increase creditors’ return

KPMG administrators have managed to arrange a deal that, if approved, will see an increased and quicker return to creditors

09 Jan 2013

EC's insolvency plans not totally harmonious

Plan to create European-wide insolvency rules is heading in the right direction, but many fear that it will undo insolvency professionals' good work

18 Dec 2012

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

Pickfords sold in pre-pack to offload pension liabilities

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

05 Dec 2012

Page 5 of 167

2shotguests

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

#AAYP 2013: Talent is ageless, but youth unemployment is a problem

The principles of developing future leaders apply whether you've just left school or got years of experience under your belt

To quota or not to quota: that is the problem

Women on board quotas may have a bad rep, but it’s the only way to address inherent bias argues Fiona Hotston Moore

#AAYP 2013: Soft skills will be a necessity to being competitive

Accountants must continue to add value by advising our clients more predominantly on their structure and their long-term objective

man walks alone in arctic landscape

Walk before you can run, lessons on choosing the right IT system

Stepping back and choosing a simpler IT system might be the best way forward for the business explains Christophe Letellier

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

Colin: Democracy bureaucracy

Colin wonders what the ICAEW's discussions over the botched ballot were like

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

Find Me An Accountant

Locate an accounting practice that meets your particular business needs

Newsletters

Get the latest financial news sent directly to your inbox

  • Best Practice
  • Business
  • Daily Newsletter
  • Essentials

Careers

Search for jobs
Click to search our database of all the latest accountancy roles

Create a profile
Click to set up your profile and let the best recruiters find you

Jobs by email
Sign up to receive regular updates with the latest roles suitable for you

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.

cchcover

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.