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Tory MPs call for overhaul of bankruptcy laws

Insolvency profession defends bankruptcy laws while group of MPs prepares proposals to revamp them

13 Apr 2012

Bubble

Financial liabilities for LLP members: how limited?

LLP members certainly have some protection against liability but where there is a rule, there are exceptions, explains Miguel Pereira

12 Apr 2012

ifrs-graffiti

Problems with IAS 39 flare up again

Pirc claims that auditors are forcing boards to comply with IFRS rather than the law. Surely auditors would be mad to go against current standards?

12 Apr 2012

Lehman Brothers’ administrators to make dividend payment this year

Administrators hope to make a dividend payment to unsecured creditors including the taxman before the year is out

12 Apr 2012

Begbies sells Red Flag division to its chairman

Listed firm offloads its struggling Red Flag division to chairman Ric Traynor, with the firm retaining a minority interest

12 Apr 2012

Rangers FC administrators put sale on hold

Scottish Premier League rule changes on insolvent clubs halts disrupts sale process for Rangers administrators

12 Apr 2012

The Practitioner: Missing our Admin Queen

The Practitioner bemoans the loss of the backbone of the firm: their administrative assistant

12 Apr 2012

RSM Tenon CEO and CFO pick up share grants

Several million shares provided to RSM Tenon CEO and CFO - to be awarded if they hit their targets

12 Apr 2012

British Accountancy Awards 2012

Join us for the profession's gala event, held this year on Wednesday 21 November, at Old Billingsgate Market, London

11 Apr 2012

Accountancy Age/Financial Director Golf Challenge 2012

Our annual day of golfing fun will be held on 12 July at Porters Park Golf Course, Hertfordshire

11 Apr 2012

Lobbyists want Barclays auditors voted out

Pirc against re-appointment of auditors PwC and non-exec Sir Mike Rake over concerns that accounting rules allow banks to overstate profit

11 Apr 2012

David Holtze appointed E&Y’s global tax leader

Ernst & Young have made David Holtze its global vice chair of tax

11 Apr 2012

PwC: IPO market showing signs of recovery

IPOs becoming more attractive, while companies who shelved floats planning a comeback

10 Apr 2012

Retail administrations up by 15% in first quarter of 2012

In all, 69 retailers filed for administration compared with 60 in the same period last year

10 Apr 2012

Audit Commission: An opportunity missed

The tender process for farming out Audit Commission work hasn’t opened up the market

05 Apr 2012

Ex-Mazars partner joins Moore Stephens audit arm

Former Mazars partner and Deloitte senior audit manager joins Moore Stephens risk and audit arm

05 Apr 2012

China will help create Big Six

Asian accounting growth the most likely route to Big Four competition, says Sir David Tweedie

05 Apr 2012

PCAOB clashes with lawmakers over auditor rotation

US Congress has urged the PCAOB to tone down its talk of mandatory rotation

05 Apr 2012

Tweedie wants audit and reporting "evolution"

Reporting and auditing that "tells the full story" is needed post-crisis, says new ICAS president Sir David Tweedie - but not through revolution

05 Apr 2012

High Court rules bankrupts must hand over pensions

A High Court judge ruled today that bankrupts could be forced to draw their pensions and hand them over to their creditors

04 Apr 2012

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

Managers must spot signs of staff stress

Learn to identify the symptoms of stress in your team, urges CABA

The Practitioner: Staff sit-down shocker

The Practitioner has plenty to think about after a senior staff member reveals the pair haven't 'chatted' for quite a while...

Time for consulting to re-balance?

Despite robust performance in 2011, the consulting industry must reduce its reliance on financial services clients, says Alan Leaman

businessman steps forward

Tax: Don't go back in the future

Forget retrospection and instead put the GAAR together properly to create certainty for business, says Gary Richards

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

Fully transparent, or just one for the accountants? asks Kevin Reed

TS recalls Pet's star Healy's close links to HMRC

Tim Healy's recent run-in with the taxman isn't his only dealing with HMRC, TS recalls...

Colin: Cost-cutting a step too far

Finance function takes its toll at BBC offices

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