CIMA's split with CCAB leaves profession without unified voice

Profession’s voice breaks: With CIMA pulling its membership of the CCAB, will the profession lose some of its authority and influence over government policy?

10 Mar 2011

Audit cool on reform

Cable’s plans to raise audit thresholds for small businesses may cut red tape – but harm the economy

08 Mar 2011

CIMA in the cold as CCAB moves on

08 Mar 2011

Institutes rejected CIMA's plea to renegotiate costs

CIMA wanted arbitrators to help set fee structure for professional bodies' forum the CCAB, but the request was turned down by the other institutes

04 Mar 2011

CIMA uninterested in catching a CCAB

02 Mar 2011

CIMA quits due to "diminishing relevance" of UK profession's forum

CIMA quits the CCAB, which represents the UK institutes, to focus on global finance leaders

02 Mar 2011

CIMA quits UK profession's main forum

CIMA to leave the CCAB, the forum set up in 1974 to represent the UK's accounting institutes

02 Mar 2011

ICAEW Prez spins the tunes

01 Mar 2011

ICAEW investigates E&Y pre-pack of Wind Hellas

Institute investigates allegations E&Y were conflicted when taking the pre-pack administration of Wind Hellas

28 Feb 2011

CIPFA resources director made redundant as institute cuts costs

Public sector accounting institute has made resources director Chris Harris redundant as it looks to cut costs

11 Feb 2011

HMRC cuts wasting advisers' and clients' valuable time

Treasury Select Committee told that HMRC staff cuts leave simple enquiries taking "months" to clear up

09 Feb 2011

Accountants' Tweet Up breaks down institute rivalries

09 Feb 2011

Treasury rejects institutes' plea for iXBRL delay

David Gauke turns down request to delay the introduction of iXBRL for tax filing

09 Feb 2011

Accounting institutes call on Treasury to delay iXBRL

A letter signed by the five largest institutes in the country has been sent to the Treasury requesting a delay to iXBRL

01 Feb 2011

Record number of students join CIMA

CIMA recruited a record number of new students last year.

27 Jan 2011

ACCA recruits head of Middle East

Stuart Dunlop has been named ACCA's head of Middle East, succeeding Stephen Shields

26 Jan 2011

ICAS calls for Bribery Act delay

Scottish institute calls for a three-month delay in the implementation of the Bribery Act to give SMEs time to prepare

20 Jan 2011