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Stagecoach accountants in major board reshuffle

Sir Brian Souter to move from chief executive to chairman; Martin Griffiths to step up from FD to chief executive

22 Aug 2012

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Jury fails to reach verdict on ex-iSoft directors

Accountants, charged with conspiracy to make misleading statements, could face retrial

10 Aug 2012

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Industry backs plan to remove 'distracting' quarterly reports

Kay review recommendations to rid company reports of box-ticking regulation and quarterly reporting is welcomed by industry

24 Jul 2012

Kay Report to call for end to quarterly reporting

A government-backed report on the UK's financial services industry is expected to call for an end to the requirement for companies to issue quarterly updates

23 Jul 2012

FRC and French counterpart aim to trim financial notes

European reporting regulators publish joint discussion paper towards a disclosure framework for financial notes

13 Jul 2012

FSA cites tax and accounting in Barclays concern

Lord Adair Turner wrote to Barclays chairman Marcus Agius about general concerns over the bank's approach to regulation, citing tax and accounting examples

10 Jul 2012

Top 35 Networks 2012: Where's the risk?

A number of litigation claims have left the risk around working within networks better understood – for now, says Jane Howard

09 Jul 2012

Top 35 Networks 2012: Worth the effort

Lawrence Grant's entry to the Geneva Group International association was hard work, but has proved a real boon for the firm

09 Jul 2012

Top 35 Networks 2012: Recovery position

Despite continuing economic uncertainty around the world, the latest Accountancy Age international survey reveals steady growth, writes Philip Smith

09 Jul 2012

Taxing job ahead for Barlow and Troup

HMRC this week announced Edward Troup and Ian Barlow will be filling the roles vacated by Dave Hartnett and Mike Clasper

04 Jul 2012

Colin: Mervyn the culture vulture

Mervyn King puts his finger on the banking problems

02 Jul 2012

Rake to preside over audit of Barclays' business practices

Former KPMG International chairman Sir Mike Rake is to preside over a "root and branch" audit of Barclays' business practices

02 Jul 2012

Colin: No joke for Barclays

Banks can't see the funny side

29 Jun 2012

BIS strengthens reporting framework for directors’ pay

Draft regulations proposes splitting directors' remuneration into two separate parts

29 Jun 2012

Where NatWest / RBS may have gone wrong – by a former RBS IT manager

A former senior IT manager at RBS lifts the lid on some lax internal processes and ill-considered outsourcing that may have helped bring RBS IT systems to their knees

27 Jun 2012

FRC identifies practical problems of single pay figure

Financial Reporting Lab releases investor views on simplifying remuneration reports

22 Jun 2012

Confusion reigns over integrated reporting

IIRC confirms plans to publish integrated reporting framework, despite clarification required to identify its target market and its needs

11 Jun 2012

LinkedIn breach could be bigger than first thought

Original estimates of 6.5 million passwords compromised likely to be too optimistic, warns Imperva

07 Jun 2012

Big Four to audit Spanish banks

Firms to gauge whether there are any more losses to eke out of Spain's banks, prior to their recapitalisation

06 Jun 2012

Local government pensions: The seven main changes

New local government pension scheme details revealed

06 Jun 2012

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Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC

After the Public Accounts Committee's latest hearing - in which it heavily criticised Google's tax affairs - many advisers have had enough

#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

CABA's Wendy Saunders and CEO Kath Haines

Feature: Inside the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association

After seeing a 70% rise in demand, Calum Fuller visited the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association to learn more about its efforts to provide support

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern

The consultation process for FRS 102 was arguably the most wide-ranging the FRC has ever conducted. It should apply the same rigour to going concern

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

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Briefings

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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.