Accountant petitions government for legal protection

An accountant has begun an online campaign asking government to provide legal protection to the term 'accountant'.

London-based Alan Shooter, of Shooter & Co, found out about the government's online petition facility, he decided to use it to call for protection of the profession.

Shooter believes that new money-laundering rules, which are to take effect in December, do not offer sufficient protection to the profession.

The petition can be found at here.