The most recent Practice Management articles from Accountancy Age

S&W name used in e-mail scam

Michelle Perry — 2008-05-16T14:51:00.000Z

Michelle Perry, Accountancy Age, Friday 16 May 2008 at 14:51:00

Fraudulent emails resurface claiming to be sent by a UK accountant working at Smith & Williamson

Email scams have taken on a more sinister turn by using the names of real British professionals working in the UK's top accountancy firms....

> Read the full article

UK Deloitte partner becomes EMEA head of tax

AccountancyAge.com — 2008-05-16T08:12:00.000Z

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Friday 16 May 2008 at 08:12:00

David Sproul, Deloitte head of tax, takes on EMEA role

Deloitte has selected David Sproul, its UK head of tax and member of the firm’s executive management team and board, to head the EMEA regional tax team, starting immediately....

> Read the full article

Is joined-up thinking dead and buried?

Gavin Hinks — 2008-05-15T18:46:00.000Z

Gavin Hinks, Accountancy Age, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 18:46:00

Has accountancy’s consolidation game played itself out?

The flurry of M&A activity, which kicked off soon after the turn of the millennium, has slowed lately but last week’s news that Vantis has received an approach sent the...

> Read the full article

Credit crunch sees KPMG axe 90 staff

Kevin Reed — 2008-05-15T01:09:00.000Z

Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 01:09:00

KPMG to axe 90 staff as the first concrete signs of the credit crunch start to show

KPMG is to shed around 90 staff from its corporate finance and transaction service teams in the first concrete sign of the damaging effects of the credit crunch....

> Read the full article

Visual training: the essential of business

Robert Bruce — 2008-05-14T18:35:00.000Z

Robert Bruce, Accountancy Age, Wednesday 14 May 2008 at 18:35:00

Learning the essential of business needn't be on auto pilot

Having fun and learning the fundamental principles of accountancy are rarely concepts which appear in the same sentence. Certainly my early days at the tutors were far from fun....

> Read the full article

Collier-Keywood gets top PwC role

Alex Hawkes — 2008-05-14T13:20:00.000Z

Alex Hawkes, Accountancy Age, Wednesday 14 May 2008 at 13:20:00

Head of tax gets managing partner role

Richard Collier-Keywood has been appointed managing partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in the first of new senior partner Ian Powell's key appointments....

> Read the full article

GT wins £5m war chest from RBS

David Jetuah — 2008-05-13T15:45:00.000Z

David Jetuah, Accountancy Age, Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 15:45:00

Grant Thornton seals the deal on extra financing from the Royal Bank of Scotland to support the firm's 'opportunistic' acquisition policy

Grant Thornton has been handed a £5m credit line by RBS so that it can move quickly on acquisition targets....

> Read the full article

E&Y snatches partner from PwC

AccountancyAge.com — 2008-05-13T08:50:00.000Z

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age, Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 08:50:00

E&Y has secured a partner from rival firm PwC to head its restructuring division

Ernst & Young (E&Y) has attracted a partner for its restructuring operations from rival firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in a bid to strengthen its European market presence....

> Read the full article

Insider Business Club: maximising customer profitability

damian wild — 2008-05-08T23:12:00.000Z

damian wild, Accountancy Age, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 23:12:00

In tough trading conditions maximising customer profitability is vital. Our experts discuss how to do it

Given activity-based costing is at the heart of measuring profitability, are most companies already monitoring it? Richard Barrett, director of product marketing financial performance management, Business Objects It is something...

> Read the full article

Progressive thinking: be a gentle giant

Lynn Williams — 2008-05-08T23:02:00.000Z

Lynn Williams, Accountancy Age, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 23:02:00

Assertiveness is good and a lack of assertiveness can stall your career

When two people have similar skills and experience, it’s often the more assertive one who gets promoted. Some people confuse assertiveness with being aggressive, however....

> Read the full article

On the money with Gavin Hinks

Gavin Hinks — 2008-05-08T22:48:00.000Z

Gavin Hinks, Accountancy Age, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 22:48:00

When the Association of British Insurers berated Stuart Rose at Marks & Spencer for taking on the CEO and chairman’s role, it was made possible because of one man - Sir Derek Higgs

Sir Derek, who passed away suddenly last week, was the man who wrote the Higgs Report on non-executive directors in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom corporate collapses....

> Read the full article

Expert witnesses: Achilles heel

Carolyn Wilson, Kingsley Napley — 2008-05-08T19:03:00.000Z

Carolyn Wilson, Kingsley Napley, Accountancy Age, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 19:03:00

Expert witnesses have enjoyed protection from claims in the past - but now immunity may not be quite so certain

Forensic accountants who act as expert witnesses in civil or criminal proceedings traditionally enjoy immunity from claims for breach of contract and/or negligence in respect of the evidence that they...

> Read the full article

Work on your image: outside in

David Wood , ICAS — 2008-05-08T18:56:00.000Z

David Wood , ICAS, Accountancy Age, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 18:56:00

What do those outside the profession think of you? A survey by ICAS makes fascinating readings

Many readers will remember the 1980s TV series Do They Mean Us? Presented by former Fleet Street editor, Derek Jameson, the show featured the views of our European neighbours on...

> Read the full article

Profile: Bob Baddeley, FD of Holidaybreak

Penny Sukhraj — 2008-05-08T18:36:00.000Z

Penny Sukhraj, Accountancy Age, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 18:36:00

These may be tough times for the travel industry - but Holidaybreak's Bob Baddeley is confident that the company's specialised travel operation can weather the storm

Some would argue that the current economic cycle does not lend itself to the public spending their hard-earned pennies on leisurely holidays, or anything enjoyable, for that matter....

> Read the full article

Partygaming FD on the company's 2007 results

Cantos.com — 2008-05-08T17:57:00.000Z

Cantos.com, Accountancy Age, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 17:57:00

Partygaming FD Martin Weigold goes over the 2007 results in the first full year after the withdrawal from the US gaming market

These results demonstrate that your revenue mix is improving. So when will you be entirely happy with the balance of the group? We haven’t got any set targets as to...

> Read the full article