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The FDs' FD: The burning desire to cut costs

There is no escaping reality ­ the majority of businesses...

Garry Price, Heinz FD

Profile: Garry Price, FD for HJ Heinz

After 23 years working for HJ Heinz, FD Garry Price...

Apprentices, Arnie and Archos in the latest YP

September issue of Young Professional appraises the year for our...

Features

Barack Obama Accountancy Age cover October 2008

Obama: asset or liability?

What an Obama presidency could mean for you 30 Oct 2008

Us election special: educated guess work

Paying attention to the overall US financial regulatory structure will be a priority for the next US administration - whoever wins 30 Oct 2008

'When looking for scapegoats anybody could be found'

Harvey Pitt, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, says ‘No sector of our financial markets will escape scrutiny’ 30 Oct 2008

US election special: campaign trial

Who'd have believed accountancy would become a subject for talk shows? 30 Oct 2008

US election special: a mandate to reform and regulate

Simon Keymer explains why a former chairman of the federal reserve will help Obama 30 Oct 2008

Government skills: could do better

The government is still not up to speed when it comes to financial management standards 16 Oct 2008

Lobbying: playing politics

Party conferences season is drawing to a close and the profession has been busy doing its bit to shape the political agenda. Our reporter looks at what the lobbyists are up to 02 Oct 2008

Special Treatment

Government must ensure it’s hiring consultants for more than just extra manpower 24 Sep 2008

News

Barclays appoints Grant Thornton to advise on JJB's future

Barclays has appointed Grant Thorton to advise on the future...01 Dec 2008

Deloitte confident of salvaging Woolworths

Deloitte is confident of salvaging a trimmer looking Woolworths of...01 Dec 2008

Mandelson chides banks for being 'too conservative'

Banks risk more damage to their balance sheets by their...01 Dec 2008

Comment

Alex Hawkes, AccountancyAge

Time to move on with Alex Hawkes

I’m sorry to say that this is my last column...27 Nov 2008

Tax reliefs: sporting chance

Sports clubs aren’t making full use of tax reliefs 27 Nov 2008

On the money with Gavin Hinks

The old going concern warnings are starting to come in....27 Nov 2008

Analysis

'Fair value is not fair'

Wayne Abernathy, the US bankers’ regulatory chief, tells Russell Berman,...27 Nov 2008

Anger over the withdrawal of SIVA

Insolvency Service drops SIVA as it says the IVA protocol...27 Nov 2008

Inquiry into MG Rover collapse still rolling on

Three and a half years and more than £12m after...27 Nov 2008

Blogs

Too much Fannie-ing about...

Fannie Mae, the beleaguered American mortgage shambles, has just appointed...  01 Dec 2008 More from Shareholder Values...

A Brief History of 2% Bank Rate

With expectations running high of a cut in interest rates...  01 Dec 2008 More from Shareholder Values...

An unexpected victim of the credit crunch

I had to laugh over the weekend at this. Many...  01 Dec 2008 More from Accountancy Matters...

Who'd be an audit committee member now?

Interesting reading the Financial Reporting Council's new guidance for audit...  28 Nov 2008 More from Insider...

Shake up in the world of credit insurance!

As I've already discussed in this blog a few days...  28 Nov 2008 More from Risky Business...

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