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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...

News

Abbey Protection to buy consultancy Accountax for £4.4m

Accounting consultancy Accountax in cash deal with listed professional insurance group 22 Oct 2008

WWF in green call to firms

The UK chairman of the World Wildlife Fund has called on accountancy firms to get their houses in order to tackle the green agenda 16 Oct 2008

Consultants cautious despite £1bn boom

Boom year for consultancy profession but financial service sector's woes threaten to eat into the 2007 gains 09 Oct 2008

Consultants move to dispel their gravy train reputation

Consulting industry goes on PR offensive with government to bolster its damaged image 24 Sep 2008

Contractor rules are 'too vague', says Redston

Anne Redston, professor of tax law at Kings College, says areas around so-called ‘substitution’ clauses are still unclear following the Dragonfly case 11 Sep 2008

Grant Thornton teams up with the Carbon Trust

Grant Thornton and the Carbon Trust hope to offer corporate finance advice to companies with low carbon ideas 06 Aug 2008

New chief exec for consultants' body MCA

Leaman looks to give MCA a voice 05 Aug 2008

E&Y in court again over fraud failures

The prospect of paying damages for inability to spot drug firm’s fraud resurfaces for accountancy firm 18 Jun 2008

Comment

Step in the right direction

Changes are afoot to improve the tarnished reputation of consultancies...24 Sep 2008

Companies get wise to the failings of the classis consultancy model

Consultant addiction leads to companies thirsting for the quick fix 19 Jul 2007

Features

Our 21st Top Consulting Firms survey

Our annual survey of the consultancy industry reveals that, with...09 Oct 2008

Special Treatment

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

Analysis

Professional problems for consultancy

Institute of Management Consultancy and Management Consultancies Association bicker over...22 Nov 2007

Director 'lied' against Chantrey Vellacott in court battle

Judge rules that director lied to bring a case of...01 Aug 2007

Blogs

Loan arrangers can't mask excessive premiums...

We've been keeping an eye on Libor in this blog,...  02 Dec 2008 More from Shareholder Values...

Too much Fannie-ing about...

Fannie Mae, the beleaguered American mortgage shambles, has just appointed...  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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