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margaret ewing

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

Insider Business Club: IT and finance

Our experts look at whether finance departments have the IT skills they need to deliver business growth 12 Apr 2007

IFRS update October 2005 - Introduction

IFRS - keep up the good work 05 Oct 2005

Technology - Laws won't halt rush to offshore

Multinationals will use subsidiaries to beat anti-offshoring laws. 09 Dec 2004

IT pain in the NHS tied to technology

A pledge to bring the NHS into the internet age is proving more problematic than anticipated. With the cost potentially rising to £31bn, we ask healthcare FDs how they plan to foot the bill. 17 Nov 2004

The New King of the Jungle

As Iris Software continues to steal market share from arch-rival Sage, group chief executive Martin Leuw, who this summer led the MBO of the company, explains to Kevin Reed how turning his back on accounting helped make his entrepreneurial dreams come true 13 Oct 2004

Reality Check

The IT supplier community didn't waste any time jumping aboard the regulatory compliance bandwagon as an opportunity to boost sales. But software alone will not be enugh for companies to comply with sarbox, IFRS. et al - it needs human input. 13 Oct 2004

EXPLODING SOFTWARE MYTHS

Accounting software is by far the most widely used financial application by businesses today. 13 Oct 2004

Capita - profits despite adversity

On the frontline: despite relentless press criticsm, Capita keeps forging ahead. 16 Jun 2004

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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