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Green

Fish and chips in a tray

PwC's HQ to run on chip fat

Big Four firm uses recycled oil to power its Southbank of London office

28 Mar 2011

Amonix solar panels

Environmental taxes to generate £4bn

MacIntryre Hudson's tax principal Katharine Arthur calculates environmental taxes will bring in £4bn in five years

24 Mar 2011

Carbon accounting

Budget2011: Carbon price

Carbon has been given a price floor in the latest budget

23 Mar 2011

FDs more concerned about fuel rise than VAT increase

Finance chiefs in the country are concerned fuel rises will affect their business more than VAT rise

17 Mar 2011

Energy Management

Energy Management: How the FD can make a difference - sponsored by British Gas Business

15 Mar 2011

Accounting for your carbon

The profession is ideally placed to tap into carbon accounting

10 Mar 2011

EU needs tighter security for carbon trading says PwC

PwC director William Beer responds to cyber attacks on EU emissions' trading system

26 Jan 2011

KPMG administrators appointed to Powerfuel

Parent company of carbon capture business enters administration to raise capital

10 Dec 2010

Reporting: new dawn for reporting

Long-winded, paper versions of annual reports may have had their day

03 Nov 2010

PwC: government may have created green tax

PwC partners claim changes to environmental legislation will create a green tax.

21 Oct 2010

Environmental legislation pushed back a year

Spending review announcements means the Carbon Reduction Commitment will be pushed back a year

21 Oct 2010

Accrington accountants go paperless

Mayes Business Partnership use Invu to make its firm paperless

28 Sep 2010

Green reporting legislation too complex, says watchdog

The Committee on Climate Change has labeled incoming environmental legislation that will impact on finance functions as "unnecessarily complex", a week before its implementation date

24 Sep 2010

Reverse VAT introduced on carbon trading

Taxman withdraws zero rate and introduces reverse payments of VAT on carbon emission trading

23 Aug 2010

Businesses have 18 days to register for CRC: PwC

Companies have just 18 days to register on the government led carbon reduction commitment

16 Aug 2010

Sustainability assurance guide launched by institute

ICAEW launch guidelines to sustainability assurance reporting

06 Aug 2010

Germany's environmental tax relief cut sparks outrage

Germany's proposals to reduce the environmental tax relief has sparked outrage from industry and unions which they believe will affect the economic recovery

04 Aug 2010

UN report recommends accounting rules be used to safeguard biodiversity

Business interest in biodiversity may rest on accounting standards, report finds

13 Jul 2010

BASDA launch IT standard for environmental accounting

A new IT standard proposed to help businesses account for sustainability issues is to be launched by the Business Application Software Developers Association

08 Jul 2010

Businesses unclear about green tax incentives

UK companies don't know what green tax incentives are available to them if they are more environmentally friendly

21 Jun 2010

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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

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

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Numbers game: how to value and price accountancy firms

Risk management is a key factor to process of acquiring a firm, explains Jonathan Snade

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

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.